Wine quality production and sustainability

Toward a more sustainable wine industry, distinct green strategies can be adopted by wineries, including solar power, recycled building materials, living soil roofs, natural ventilation, geothermal heating and cooling systems, and drought-tolerant landscaping. Sustainable winery architecture is also a global trend that needs to be developed. Principal aspects to consider for a wine sustainable production are developed with technological innovations in the fields of CO2 reuse, water management and saving, renewable energy, good practices in Oenology and winemaking processes, functional biodiversity management, valorization of winemaking by-products, and climate change adaptation. This chapter offers to the readers a broad perspective on these aspects, serving as introductory overview for the topics developed in the following sections