Viticulture Faces Its Challenges on June 12 at Demoviña
The third edition of this technical and demonstrative event will be held at the main facilities of Itacyl, Valladolid
Vineyard cultivation faces many challenges and numerous issues that need to be addressed. One of them stands out this year in the third edition of Demoviña: whether it is possible to achieve 100% mechanization in the vineyard, from winter tasks to the harvest.
Demoviña will take place on Thursday, June 12 at the central facilities of the Agrarian Technological Institute of Castilla y León (Itacyl), located north of the city of Valladolid. The program includes several presentations and panel discussions to bring the public closer to the advances in research, as well as the latest innovations arriving on the market.
There will also be demonstrations of agricultural machinery in the vineyard located next to the entity’s offices, allowing farmers to see firsthand whether mechanization can truly cover the entire crop cycle.
Demoviña is an event organized by Revista Campo and Agromillora-VCR, and during its course there will be extensive discussion on health, varieties, clones, and rootstocks, with the participation of viticulturists, technicians, and companies in the sector.
According to the organizers, attendees will be able to see on the ground the capacity and potential of the most innovative equipment designed for planting, tillage, fertilization, harvesting, and other vineyard tasks.
Services and work in nursery genetics will also be showcased, along with the proposal from nurseries focused on the vineyard. It is an opportunity to analyze the current situation and future of the sector with the top experts in the field, as was the case in previous editions held in Verín (Ourense) and El Toboso (Toledo), both of which had more than 500 participants.
“These events have become benchmarks within the sector, not only because of the high level of participation, but also due to the quality of the content, the standard of the exhibiting companies, and the involvement of professional attendees,” the organizers emphasize.
In the province of Valladolid, there are eight quality wine labels (five Designations of Origin and three single estate wines), out of a total of 17 across Castilla y León and well over a hundred throughout Spain.
As of December 31, our country had 927,115 hectares of vineyards, the majority under a quality designation, present in all autonomous communities and in 40% of the municipalities. “The vineyard is a social crop, deeply rooted in Spanish tradition and way of life; that is why we are a sector that drives the rural economy and forms part of the Mediterranean diet, the landscape, and European culture,” the organizers stress
