Compressed vintages, high alcohol and low wine acidity are but a few repercussions of
climate change effects on Australian viticulture. While warm and cool growing regions may …

At the global scale, vineyards are usually managed intensively to optimize wine production
without considering possible negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) …

Healthy soils form the basis of sustainable viticulture, where soil characteristics have a direct
impact on wine quantity and quality. Soil not only provides water and nutrients to vines, but …

Climate change is expected to impact ecosystems directly, such as through shifting climatic
controls on species ranges, and indirectly, for example through changes in human land use …

Understanding farmer behaviour is needed for local agricultural systems to produce food
sustainably while facing multiple pressures. We synthesize existing literature to identify three …

Water is now considered the most important but vulnerable resource in the Mediterranean
region. Nevertheless, irrigation expanded fast in the region (eg South Portugal and Spain) to …

Vineyards are experiencing strong expansion and management intensification worldwide,
especially in areas with a Mediterranean climate, which are often characterized by a high …

Agriculture, during its millenarian history, had contributed to shape impressive cultural
landscapes; however, in recent decades, many of these have been lost or degraded …

Soil health encompasses the effects the uppermost part of the land have on human
wellbeing in a broad sense, because soil is where most food ultimately comes from, and …

Here, we examine soil-borne microbial biogeography as a function of the features that
define an American Viticultural Area (AVA), a geographically delimited American wine grape …