Life Cycle Assessment of Wine: Focus on Water Use Impact Assessment

Barjoveanu, George; Comandaru, Iulia Maria; Peiu, Nicolae; Ene, Simona-Andreea; Teodosiu, Carmen

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“…Water is used in the cellar operations during the winemaking and bottling processes, and in hospitality facilities for visitors. Water use is a growing concern, particularly in regions experiencing drought (Comandaru et al, 2012;Conradie et al, 2014).…”

Section: Climate Change Impacts Wine Region Vulnerabilities Citationsmentioning

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Climate Change and Water Governance: Decision Making for Individual Vineyard Owners in Global Wine Regions

Upton

2021

Front. Clim.

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This study investigates the institutional, social, and ecological dynamics that influence regional water governance and individual vineyard owners' decision making in global wine regions. Global wine grape production has grown steadily over the past 20 years, and climate change has emerged as a driver of transformation in wine regions resulting in a range of impacts. Changes to the climate are anticipated to accelerate in the future and present a number of challenges for wine regions; including risks to human systems, e.g., agriculture, labor, and economics, as well as ecological systems, e.g., surface and groundwater. Water is a critical resource for environmental and economic sustainability in wine regions, and vulnerability to freshwater resources in wine producing regions is expected to increase as wine regions experience climate extremes like heat and drought. We use the Institutional-Social-Ecological Dynamics (ISED) framework to help understand individual vineyard owner decision making about water management within the context of institutional, social, and ecological systems. We ask how the relationships between these systems impact outcomes for individual grape farmers adapting to climate challenges. Our empirical research uses document review and interviews with vineyard owners, planners, and natural resource managers in wine regions in Oregon, USA and Tasmania, Australia as a means to explore climate vulnerabilities and adaptation approaches. Subsequently we focus on an example vignette in each region to better understand individual decision making at the farm scale within the unique institutional, social, and ecological contexts identified in each region. Our cases highlight the finding that entrenched institutional regimes, in the context of ecological variability contribute to a social unevenness in access to water. Landowner conflict over water resources is likely to increase in the context of a hotter, drier climate in regions with wine industry growth. Individual vineyard owners have a range of attitudes and approaches to climate change planning and management; and adaptation around water is dependent on both economic resources and social values. Lessons from the individual farm scale help to inform broader implications of how institutional, social, and ecological drivers influence opportunities or barriers to the implementation of climate change adaptation practices in wine regions.

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Climate Change and Water Governance: Decision Making for Individual Vineyard Owners in Global Wine Regions

Upton

2021

Front. Clim.

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“…Recycling of wastewater from wineries can be used to irrigate vineyards with a significant reduction in energy consumption for pumping and bringing water from longer distances. Comandaru et al (2012) studied wine life-cycle assessment (LCA) in wine production from north-east of Romania (Iasi County) facility (75,000 hl/year wine production) to set the impact on environment of one white wine bottle. Production stages, energy and transport had significant impact on wine LCA.…”

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Greenhouse Gas Exchange from Agriculture in Italy

Marta

Verdi

2018

Energy, Environment, and Sustainability

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“…As illustrated in Figure 1, most previous studies focused on the traditional growing areas in Europe, including Italy [4,[17][18][19][20][21][22], Spain [12,[23][24][25][26], and other European countries [14,[27][28][29][30][31]. Some studies have been conducted in other parts of the world, including North America [32,33], Australia and New Zealand [34], and Latin America [35].…”

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Grape Wine Cultivation Carbon Footprint: Embracing a Life Cycle Approach across Climatic Zones

Hefler

Kissinger

2023

Agriculture

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Ongoing climate change processes and increasing environmental pressure suggest the need to adjust the wine production systems worldwide to the new conditions while reducing their environmental pressure. The grapes’ cultivation phase may be influenced by expected changes. It follows that existing grape wine cultivation systems should be analyzed to identify major ‘hotspots’ and opportunities for change. Several studies have analyzed materials, energy inputs, and related emissions along the grape wine life cycle. However, most research focuses on traditional grape wine growing areas, and no study has yet focused on grape wine grown in unconventional desert areas. The research presented in this paper analyzed the carbon footprint (CF) of grapes grown in the Mediterranean, semi-arid, and arid climatic regions in the state of Israel. It revealed that, on average, a ton of grapes generates 342 kg CO2 eq from the cradle to the farm gate. The product was analyzed using a life-cycle approach, with the aim of studying the CF of each phase according. Most emissions were found to be related to the use of fertilizers (37%), fuel for transportation and mechanization (19%), and water supply (17%). The CF of grapes in the arid region was found to be the highest at 361 kg CO2 eq compared to 317 kg CO2 eq in the semi-arid region and 346 kg CO2 eq in the Mediterranean region. The analysis emphasizes the arid and semi-arid potential to reduce its CF by implementing farm management practices, including the choice of grape varieties, changing vineyard infrastructure, fertilizers, water management, and more. As presented here, understanding cropping systems in these regions can promote a better adaptation of the cropping systems to the changing conditions around the world.

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Life Cycle Assessment of Wine: Focus on Water Use Impact Assessment

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Climate Change and Water Governance: Decision Making for Individual Vineyard Owners in Global Wine Regions

Climate Change and Water Governance: Decision Making for Individual Vineyard Owners in Global Wine Regions

Greenhouse Gas Exchange from Agriculture in Italy

Grape Wine Cultivation Carbon Footprint: Embracing a Life Cycle Approach across Climatic Zones

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