The objective of this work is to analyse the actual situation of viticulture practiced at ‘Giglio Isle’, a small island of the Tyrrhenian sea, considering the unfavourable condition of cultivation, due to presence of small terrace on slopes, the lack of road of communication and to close and long path for transportation of equipments to cultivate the vineyards and the grapes harvested. Viticulture at Giglio island has an old tradition, represented for the population an alternative activity to fishing dedicated, how demonstrated by traces of ancient civilization and rest of local excavated stone containers (‘Palmenti’) to press the grapes. The poor soils and the water scarcity during summer have determined particular conditions in which only few grapevine varieties were cultivated. ‘Ansonica’, a white variety cultivated from centuries which wines have rendered famous this Isle. The cultivation of grapevine is today at risk of extinction because the high cost for labour and the low income which can derives from this activity, the fragmentation of the property, slopes, disease, parasites, including virus infection found during a clone selection project of ‘Ansonica’. The results obtained from this work ended with homologation of four new clones of Ansonica having different characteristics which could allow viticulturists to plant a polyclonal vineyard and satisfy agronomic and oenological requirements.
Viticulture at ‘Giglio Isle’: opportunity and sustainability.
D'ONOFRIO, CLAUDIO;SCALABRELLI, GIANCARLO;
2012-01-01
Abstract
The objective of this work is to analyse the actual situation of viticulture practiced at ‘Giglio Isle’, a small island of the Tyrrhenian sea, considering the unfavourable condition of cultivation, due to presence of small terrace on slopes, the lack of road of communication and to close and long path for transportation of equipments to cultivate the vineyards and the grapes harvested. Viticulture at Giglio island has an old tradition, represented for the population an alternative activity to fishing dedicated, how demonstrated by traces of ancient civilization and rest of local excavated stone containers (‘Palmenti’) to press the grapes. The poor soils and the water scarcity during summer have determined particular conditions in which only few grapevine varieties were cultivated. ‘Ansonica’, a white variety cultivated from centuries which wines have rendered famous this Isle. The cultivation of grapevine is today at risk of extinction because the high cost for labour and the low income which can derives from this activity, the fragmentation of the property, slopes, disease, parasites, including virus infection found during a clone selection project of ‘Ansonica’. The results obtained from this work ended with homologation of four new clones of Ansonica having different characteristics which could allow viticulturists to plant a polyclonal vineyard and satisfy agronomic and oenological requirements.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
