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| Progetto Vigneti Storici | |
|---|---|
| Name | Progetto Vigneti Storici |
| Caption | Historic vineyard landscape |
| Location | Italy |
| Established | 21st century |
| Focus | historic vineyards, viticulture, conservation |
Progetto Vigneti Storici Progetto Vigneti Storici is an Italian initiative focused on identification, protection, and promotion of historic vineyard sites across Italy; it engages with regional administrations such as Regione Veneto, Regione Toscana, and Regione Piemonte and with national bodies like the Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo and the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. The project intersects with heritage organizations including ICOMOS, UNESCO, and the Fondo Ambiente Italiano while collaborating with viticultural research centers such as the Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige and universities like Università degli Studi di Padova, Università degli Studi di Firenze, and Università degli Studi di Torino.
Progetto Vigneti Storici originated amid late 20th and early 21st-century conservation debates involving stakeholders from Slow Food, Associazione Nazionale Città del Vino, and regional cultural councils in response to pressures similar to those addressed by Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and initiatives echoing the work of UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Early pilot studies referenced methodological frameworks from IUCN and agricultural programmes like the Common Agricultural Policy and drew upon archival research curated at institutions such as the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, Archivio di Stato di Torino, and the Archivio di Stato di Venezia. The program built partnerships with wine consortia including Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, Consorzio del Prosecco, and Consorzio di tutela Barbaresco Barolo Alba Langhe Roero and received technical inputs from bodies like CNR and ENEA.
The project's objectives address safeguarding landscape values recognized in listings like the UNESCO World Heritage Site designations seen in Langhe-Roero and Monferrato and conservation aims similar to those of Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso and Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre. It aims to document sites comparable to Chianti Classico, Valpolicella, Barolo, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, and Aglianico del Vulture vineyards, integrating protocols from FAO and research paradigms used by European Commission programmes. Objectives include mapping historic trellising forms akin to those in Valdobbiadene, classifying grape varieties related to catalogs like the Vitis International Variety Catalogue and aligning with standards of institutions such as International Organisation of Vine and Wine and OIV.
Fieldwork covers regions with renowned terroir designations including Tuscany, Piedmont, Veneto, Sicily, Campania, Puglia, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Marche. Documented sites reference historic parcels and lieux-dits comparable to Montalcino, Montepulciano, Barbaresco, Barolo', Soave, Amarone della Valpolicella, Etna, Vesuvio, Valpolicella Classica, Terre di Siena, Alto Adige, Collio Goriziano, Franciacorta, and Prosecco Superiore. Collaborations extend to municipal authorities of cities like Florence, Turin, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Palermo, Naples, and Trieste for urban-rural interface studies.
Methodologies combine archival cartography from archives like the Archivio Storico Comunale di Siena with field survey techniques practiced at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia and remote sensing methods used by European Space Agency programmes. The project applies ampelographic studies informed by collections at Fondazione Edmund Mach and adheres to conservation practices comparable to those advocated by ICOMOS charters and the Venice Charter. Techniques include traditional pruning such as Guyot and pergola systems seen in Chianti, restoration of dry-stone walls like those in Cinque Terre, maintenance of terracing used in Amalfi Coast and Val d’Orcia, and propagation of heritage cultivars preserved in repositories like the Vitis Vinifera germplasm banks. For phytosanitary management the project liaises with research from Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale and integrates integrated pest management approaches similar to EU directives.
The initiative operates within legislative contexts including national laws on cultural heritage such as Italy’s Codice dei beni culturali e del paesaggio and regional planning instruments used by administrations like Regione Toscana and Regione Piemonte, and intersects with EU regulations such as the Habitat Directive and the Natura 2000 network. Institutional partners encompass Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, municipal governments, consortia like Consorzio Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, chambers of commerce such as Camera di Commercio di Firenze, and non-profits including Legambiente and WWF Italia. Legal strategies reference precedents from Italian case law and planning decisions adjudicated in regional administrative tribunals and involve grant frameworks from programs like Piano di Sviluppo Rurale and EU cohesion funds managed by Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze.
Conservation actions contribute to preservation of grape variety diversity related to cultivars like Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Corvina, Nero d’Avola, Aglianico, Verdicchio, Trebbiano, Fiano, and Greco, and support habitat mosaics alongside species protected under Direttiva Uccelli and Direttiva Habitat. The project’s cultural impact engages with intangible heritage registers exemplified by inventories maintained by UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists and practices championed by groups such as Slow Food Arc of Taste. It also informs landscape protection measures similar to those applied in Val d’Orcia Landscape and contributes to rural economies connected to PDO and PGI schemes including Denominazione di Origine Controllata and Indicazione Geografica Protetta.
Active initiatives include inventorying historic parcels in zones comparable to Langhe, restoration pilots of terraced sites akin to Cinque Terre, varietal reintroductions paralleling efforts in Vulture and Etna, GIS mapping collaborations with Istituto Geografico Militare data, and outreach programmes run with partners such as Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Università di Bologna. Outcomes reported involve heritage listings at municipal and regional levels, technical manuals distributed through institutions like CNR, pilot conservation agreements with wine consortia, and enhanced agrotourism links involving bodies such as ENIT and regional tourism boards. Ongoing monitoring connects to research networks including ECPGR and international exchanges with institutions like INRAE, CSIC, USDA ARS, and CSIRO.
Category:Viticulture in Italy