TERROIR AND WINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN CHILE

Different private and state entities are working together with the main purpose of establishing the Terroir and Wine Technology Center (Centro Tecnológico del Terroir y del Vino) for the central-south area of Chile. This, in order to achieve the great challenge of positioning the Bio Bio and Araucanía Regiones in an international context, besides setting the basis to extend country’s wine border to the South, due to different reasons as better edaphoclimatic conditions and climate change disruptions.
Center’s objectives will be establishing technical criteria to vineyard handling in cold areas, study and description of terroir in Bio Bio and Araucanía, and the adaptability assessment of different grapes and clones to edaphoclimatic conditions in the central-south area of Chile.

This initiative is being developed by the Facultad de Agronomía y Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas de la Universidad de Concepción, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA Quilamapu), CIREN CORFO, Viñedos y Bodegas Córpora and Andes Wines Communications.

That is why on May 6th at 11:00 hours in Negrete rural area, the “CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL TERROIR Y DEL VINO” project was introduced to start the organization and basics of it and was leaded by the government entity Secretaría Regional Ministerial (SEREMI) of Bio Bio’s Agriculture, Universidad de Concepción.

Among guests in the event were David Jouanett Valderrama IX Region’s SEREMI, Claudio Pérez, INNOVA Chile’s Executive Director, Juan Carlos San Martín, Innova Bio Bio’s Executive Director, among others.

Andrew Walker from the Department of Viticulture and Oenology, University of California traveled from USA invited by the Agronomy Faculty to Chile and highlighted to AndesWines.com that the south area is facing with an opportunity, unique in the world, because it has exceptional agroclimatic conditions for grape production, such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and sparkling wines.

Maximiliano Morales, Agronomist and one of the Project’s creator indicated that different projects associated with the Terroir and Wine Technology Center will be driven in the areas of tourism and investigation, in addition to viticulture support in rural areas to improve the quality and management of vineyards.

Project will be carried out in Chillán City in the wine region of the South, extended from Ñuble to edaphoclimatic conditions allow the development of vine. Following sub-regions are included: Valle del Itata, Valle del Bío Bío, and Valle del Malleco.

Within these sectors, Valle del Itata is highlighted composed by its districts of Chillán, Coelemu, Ranquil, Quillón, Portezuelo, Ninhue, Trehuaco, Quirihue, San Nicolás, Bulnes, and San Carlos, from Ñuble, and Florida, from Concepción. The Valle del Bio Bio, on the other hand, is composed by the districts of Yumbel, Nacimiento, Mulchén, Negrete and Laja from Bio Bio, and Valle del Malleco composed by districts of Angol, Collipulli, Ercilla, Los Sauces, Lumaco, Purén, Renaico, Traiguén and Victoria, from Malleco.

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