Introduction Vines with too much yield are often maturing too slowly or producing a fruit of suboptimal quality for wine. A typical practice to reduce yield …
Can early defoliation improve fruit and wine quality from high yielding vines?

Introduction Vines with too much yield are often maturing too slowly or producing a fruit of suboptimal quality for wine. A typical practice to reduce yield …
The Cool Night Index The Cool Night Index was created to study nocturnal conditions of grapes ripening according to the different wine-making regions (Tonietto, 1999 …
This discussion is a follow up with our last blog on the 2017 maturation What is the situation end of september? A general disorder in sugar …
Leaving more growing nodes per vine at pruning (to increase vine productivity) and applying deficit irrigation strategies (to increase fruit and wine quality) are are …
How can a winegrower harness vineyard spatial variability to make better wines? Numerous studies carried out since 2000, on irrigated and non-irrigated vineyards have …
The use of NDVI in agriculture is no longer a new idea. As a result of numerous publications demonstrating the capacity of this measure to …
NDVI is an English acronym meaning Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, which could be translated as a Normalized Vegetation Index. This index reflects the quantity of …
In our previous blogs we discussed how sap flow sensors can be used to characterize vine water needs under site- specific conditions. Various authors have …
The leaf area exposed to sunlight, known as the grapevine canopy, captures sun energy to perform photosynthesis, regulate water use through transpiration, and modulate the microclimate …
Phenolics within the grape play an important role in a wine’s sensorial properties, such as color, astringency, mouthfeel, and bitterness. For example, increasing the size …