Proceedings 6th International Congress on Organic Viticulture

Abstract

The 6th International Congress on Organic Viticulture, held in Basel, Switzerland from the 25th to 26th of August 2000 in conjunction with the 13th International IFOAM Scientific Conference, was organised by the Swiss Forschungsinstitut fur biologischen Landbau (FiBL), together with Schweizerischer Bioweinbauverein Biovin Suisse, Ecovin and Stiftung Okologie & Landbau (SOL). The Congress had as its theme “Organic Viticulture - Quality, the key factor to success” and the importance of variety choice, soil management, plant protection and biodiversity for organic wine quality were discussed at this congress. An overview of organic viticulture world-wide was also given. The 6th International Organic Viticulture Congress in Basel is in the tradition of the organic viticulture congresses, the first of which was held in 1985 in Geisenheim (D), organised by the German organic wine growers’ association Ecovin. At this congress, the German standards for the production of organic grapes, grape juice, wine and champagne were launched. The 4th congress in Wurzburg 1994 dealt with marketing, market development and the labelling of organic wine. The fifth congress, held in Bad Durkheim 1995, was the first one to be organised by all German organic producer organisations and by Stiftung Okologie & Landbau, and it was also the first international organic viticulture congress. It dealt with questions of soil management and wine quality as well as farm management aspects. The proceedings of the 3rd, 4th and 5th conference were published by Stiftung Okologie & Landbau. Contents Vorwort Preface Preface of the Editors Session 01 - Marketing Opportunities and Consumer Expectations Chair: Randolf Kauer and Paulin Kopfer Biowein: Chancen der Vermarktung Thomas Vaterlaus Session 02 - Organic Viticulture World-Wide Chair: Helga Willer Organic Viticulture World-Wide Bernward Geier Uwe Hofmann, Helga Willer Organic Viticulture in Europe Helga Willer & Raffaele Zanoli Organic Viticulture in Austria Eva Schinnerl Organic Viticulture in Croatia Jasminka Karoglan Kontic, Sonja Karoglan Todorovic, Ranko Tadic Okologischer Weinbau in der Tschechischen Republik Jiri Sedlo Organic Viticulture in the Czech Republic Jiri Sedlo Organic Viticulture in France Monique Jonis Organic Viticulture in Italy C Bazzocchi, S Tellarini, R Zanoli Organic Viticulture in Georgia Tamaz Tourmanidze Okologischer Weinbau in Deutschland Paulin Kopfer und Eva Gehr Organic Viticulture in Germany Paulin Kopfer und Eva Gehr Organic Viticulture in Greece Marios Dessyllas Okoweinbau in Ungarn L Szoke, K Nemeth- J Mikulas Plant Protection in Organic Viticulture in New Zealand Andreas Welte Organic Viticulture in Portugal Ana Firmino Developments in Organic Viticulture in South Africa Rupert van der Merwe Bioweinbau in der Schweiz Andreas Haseli Organic Viticulture in Switzerland Andreas Haseli Organic Viticulture in Turkey Ahmet Altýndioli Traditional Viticulture in Southern East Anatolia: A case study for Siirt, Turkey ÝYýldýrým and ENYardým Session 03 - Soil Management – Care and Quality Chair: Uwe Hofman Comparisons of Chemical Analysis and Biological Activity of Soils Cultivated by Organic and Biodynamic Methods Claude Bourguignon and Lydia Gabucci Function of the Soil in the Expression of the Terroir Claude Bourguignon and Lydia Gabbucci Cover Cropping in California Vineyards: Part of a Biologically Integrated Farming System Robert L Bugg, Richard W Hoenisch Plant Biodiversity and Biological Control of Insect Pests in a Northern California Organic Vineyard Clara I Nicholls and Miguel A Altieri Standortgerechte Bodenpflege und die Vitalitat und Bonitat im Wein- und Obstbau Franz Solar Role of Nature in Soil Management and Quality Anjani Suchde, Deepak Suchde The Use of Recycled Organics Compost in Viticulture- A review of theintern