A sustainable quality supply chain
A sustainable quality supply chain
Our vocation for sustainability starts in the first link in the chain: our winegrowing members, who care for their vineyards with love and respect for the environment, making them as beautiful as nurtured gardens. That same care and commitment to the protection and enhancement of our grapes is then passed on to all the other stages of the production cycle: from the grape harvest to the delivery of the grapes, from their processing to the ageing of the wine.
Re-introduction of copper instead of antiperonosporics (dithiocarbamates), with the benefit of reducing the use of dangerous pesticides, safeguarding beneficial mites and to eliminate the use of acaricides.
Publication of the book "Nature and Agriculture" is distributed to all members, documenting the integrated protection through knowledge and valorisation of beneficial insects and mites on pests and their natural control.
The Comitato Vitivinicolo Trentino (today Consorzio di Tutela Vini del Trentino), supported by the Autonomous Province of Trento, set up the Protocol of Self-discipline for Wine Production which winegrowers adhere to and which becomes an instrument with rules and indications for practising "integrated" viticulture.
Introduction of the practice of sexual confusion for the moth (Lobesia botrana) on 13.7 hectares in the Sottodossi area, within the built-up area of Mezzocorona.
Publication of the volume "Nature and Agriculture, integrated production through knowledge of the main fungal diseases of apple and vine", distributed to members to diffuse knowledge and control of pathogenic fungi.
Extension of the sexual confusion method for the moth (Lobesia botrana) to all Mezzacorona S.c.a. members.
Sexual Confusion: Introduction of the Double Diffuser valid for two lepidopteran species, moth (Lobesia botrana) and moth (Eupoecilia ambiguella).
Sexual confusion methods are applied to the entire Trentino wine-growing area, a good 9700 ha.
Self-Regulatory Protocol: adoption of criteria for the choice of pesticides to be used in wine-growing in Trentino, aimed above all at protecting the health of the vine grower who carries out intensive manual work.
Sexual confusion: introduction of triple spreader for three lepidopteran species, moth (Lobesia botrana), moth (Eupoecilia ambiguella), and eulia (Argyrotaenia ljungiana).
Through the Consorzio di Tutela Vini del Trentino, obtaining the "Sustainable Quality" mark for the grape production in compliance with the Sistema di National Quality System for Integrated Production (SQNPI).
Sexual confusion is extended to approximately 500 hectares in the areas of Ala (Vallagarina) and Arco-Dro (Alto Garda) for the mealybug (Planococus ficus) that is also spreading in Trentino as a result of rising temperatures and climate change. This is thanks to the experimentation successfully piloted in the Sicilian companies of the Mezzacorona Group.
In the same year, through the
Consorzio di Tutela Vini del Trentino, the label "Sustainable Quality' mark for wine in accordance with the Sistema di National Quality System for Integrated Production (SQNPI) is awarded.
Teams of agronomists together with members carry out checks in the vineyards to report vines affected by "Flavescence dorée".
Trentino, land of wine
Green valleys, crystal clear rivers, high peaks and colourful lakes: our DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata - Denomination of Origin) wines come from the heart of the Dolomites. A land not only rich in natural beauty, castles, history, culture and traditions, but also particularly favourable to the cultivation of vines. Since time immemorial, the extremely varied composition of the soil and the coexistence of different microclimates (Alpine, continental, Mediterranean) have made it possible to produce wines with unique and unrepeatable colours, perfumes and flavours. Characteristics that have allowed Trentino to be awarded the important international recognition "Wine Region of The Year 2020" by the American magazine "Wine Enthusiast".