Sustainable Viticulture

main objectives

To give learners the ability to understand and analyze existing viticultural production systems from an agronomic, technical and environmental perspective

general content

- KNOWING THE VINE: grape variety, rootstock, morphology, physiology, propagation. ,- TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE VINEYARD: soil maintenance, vineyard management systems, phytosanitary plant protection, comparative approach of different pathways of technical operations. ,- VITICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT: vineyard management in integrated production, organic and biodynamic farming. environmental issues, environmental assessment and eco-design in viticulture,

pedagogy

- Lectures by wine sector professionals and academics ,- Visits to production facilities ,- Fieldwork in partnership with the wine profession ,- Self-study and group work (some of the work is done in English), ,Participants ESA teachers, IFV, professionals, winegrowing organisations and extension officers,,

evaluation

Literature review: English - individual oral ,Flipped classroom in French - individual oral ,Technical study report in French - written Collective,MCQs: self-study book – Individual (French),Final exam: written in French - Individual

Bibliography

Girard G., 2010, Bases scientifiques et technologiques de la viticulture – Manuels, éd Lavoisier 342p,Reynier A. 2016, Manuel de viticulture, éd Lavoisier, 608p,