China intrigued by Made in Italy wine and climate change. China Central Television makes a stop in Mazara del Vallo for a report on extreme events and Italian best practices that affect the vineyards of excellence. MAZARA DEL VALLO (TP) – Climate change affects the economies of every country, China looks to Italy that boasts a very high quality agriculture. This is why the journalist Li Yaoyang of China Central Television visited in Sicily the vineyards of Colomba Bianca, one of the largest organic wine cellars in Europe: is investigating extreme events to tell the Chinese public what are the resilience strategies that protect the most important Made in Italy productions, traditional but at the same time innovative.
SICILY, MERCALLI’S OUTLINED SCENARIO: “BY 2100 TEMPERATURE RISE OF 2 TO 5 °C: EARLIER PHENOLOGICAL CALENDAR, HIGH PRODUCTION QUOTAS AND MORE CROP VARIETY”
The President of the Italian Meteorological Society: “Classic wine models will suffer severe stress: genetic selection crucial to recover resilience with more drought-resistant cultivars. High-efficiency irrigation infrastructure needed. Plus, flexibility and foresight.” The geography of wine production is changing in step with “climate change,” which is affecting, especially in Sicily, agronomic techniques. With the aim of preserving the productive stability of the supply chain, Colomba Bianca-among the largest organic wine producers in Italy, with 6,200 hectares of vineyards-has since last year set up a Grape Observatory, open to institutions and wineries on the island, to monitor climate trends and share know-how, involving professionals on the subject at the national level.
Colomba Bianca closes the year with a bang.
The Sicilian wine cooperative operating in the territory of Trapani has received the gold medal signed Effervescent du Monde, the twentieth edition of the international competition that takes place annually in France and which rewards the best sparkling wines in the world.
The new project of the wine cooperative Colomba Bianca
SICILY: “V-LAB”, OBSERVATORY ON GRAPE AGRONOMIC TECHNIQUES, OPEN TO INSTITUTIONS AND WINERIES
Network and share know-how on the wine sector to raise the quality of production and export the brand “made in Sicily” worldwide.
Ten years of analysis and research that trace the entire Sicilian wine industry, through a study of the territory: an archive of data that represents a historical memory and that highlights climatic and productive trends that characterize the different vintages in the reference areas.
Colomba Bianca is now certified Viva and SOStain Sicilia, two sustainability certifications typical of the wine sector and recognized internationally. The SOStain certification is characterized by compliance with 10 minimum requirements which include aspects ranging from the measurement of the water footprint and the carbon footprint to the control of the weight of the bottle, from the conservation of flora and fauna biodiversity to the valorisation of human and territorial capital, from energy saving to the health of consumers.
Colomba Bianca refreshes its graphic design and gets even richer. Driven by a strong need for renewal, the company promotes a variety of graphic projects to better portray the wines and their history: from the pamphlet to the wine catalogue, from the company profile to the Vitinews, Colomba Bianca launches a brand new image offering engaging content.
Another important step for Colomba Bianca that, after changing look on the website, turns its gaze towards the e-commerce, providing a more attractive and user-friendly graphic design in order to make the user experience more accessible.