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The imminent arrival of new technologies for a vine more “sustainable”

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Some 250 participants were present at the Congress of Beaune, on 4 and 5 November to the 3rd edition Great Rendezvous Burgundy Techniques entitled “Innovation is key to viticulture of tomorrow.” Alternating with another highlight of the vine and wine sector Vinosciences centered more on the professions of research topics and therefore more upstream, this biennial event organized by the Burgundy Wine Board will have an opportunity to discuss “‘ Innovation for cultural practices “but also of” innovation for the quality of the harvest and the reduction of energy consumption. ” Back on the two days that confirmed the emergence of a vine called “sustainable”.

“Awareness around the sustainability of the vine is growing. Every winemaker can work on his plot, of course, but managing it in the context of a global vision of the territory, “says Jean-Philippe Gervais, director of technical center and quality of Wine Board of Burgundy (Burgundy Wine Board). And the latter to explain that sustainability goes including better management of energy costs, better control of the quality of the environment and increased environmental protection. “Where in particular the need to reduce inputs, knowing how to use them in the right place at the right time,” he adds. In this context, innovation is obviously the key to tomorrow, the title of the two day Beaune having helped remind those who have forgotten. Because contrary to what the word “tradition” can evoke some consumers, innovation is never far away, what is more like a vineyard in Burgundy. “When t he vineyards were decimated by phylloxera, we then innovated by the replanting of an original way that was not previously used,” the representative of the Burgundy Wine Board.

Today, growers are faced with wood diseases, the golden flavescence and a number of pests, “and it’s not perfecting old solutions that we can deal with these scourges,” observes Jean-Philippe Gervais. It is therefore urgent to integrate a number of new tools to the practice of viticulture. For example, concerning diseases, today using only their eyes technicians and winegrowers spot the symptoms by browsing through the vineyards. That said, embedded systems equipped with specific sensors can now consider doing this work faster and more accurately. Thus, by capturing the hedge leaf, that is to say the volume of leaves and grapes present as found on a vine, it would then be possible to transmit the collected data to a spray which could then be injected in time real, not a stan dard amount on the whole plot, but the necessary quantities to the right place. “Approved by the cluster Vitagora, DAMAV, which has been retained by the Single Interministerial Fund (FUI), aims to develop the three-year period an onboard camera system on a UAV to scan more quickly vineyards and thus earlier detect the presence of disease, “he said.

This precision viticulture emerging with electrical and straddle tractors that turn into real platforms with multiple sensors, all coupled to geo-location information, the precision is of the order of a few centimeters, was the focus of discussions during the two days. Rest now transfer these technologies, which some are already available, so that the business sector can appropriate them. “Some growers have a vision of their micro-micro-plot, especially in a region where some are still working very traditional way. The challenge is to explain to them that the same quality can be obtained by using fewer pesticides and less fuel, “says Jean-Philippe Gervais. Hence the need for a major extension work in the industry, but also training in high schools from which come the wine technicians of tomorrow, those for whom sustainable vineyard will be a reality.

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