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Reframing (Viti)Cultural Landscapes

Reframing (Viti)Cultural Landscapes develops and mobilizes a cohesive approach to sustainable vineyards and wineries.

It will be done through knowledge-sharing workshops, drawing from traditional irrigation knowledge, usages of the earth and gravity to reduce energy expenditures and environmental demands for cooling and production, and the development of bioclimatic architectural design implementations to reduce energy and water consumption and to provide protective shade to both vines and harvest workers. Workshops will revitalize heritage and tradition by proposing ecological solutions for the longevity of vineyards with demonstrations such as intercropping, decaying plant carpets, or modifiable design implementation. By engaging wine-makers, community members, architects, landscape designers, heritage and tourism experts, and policy-makers, this solution builds cross-border dialogues, mobilize economically and environmentally viable methods for wine production and tourism, and encourage collaborations to tackle the challenges facing the wine industry posed by rapid climate change and extractive economic pressures to standardize.

Interested in more details? Contact Jenny Herman

Jenny Herman