NODES - SPOKE 6 Project VINO - D1.3 - D1.4 - Report on Suitability maps for grapevines and supplementary crops for actual and future climatic conditions at pilot sites

This deliverable presents an integrated microscale analysis of bioclimatic, soil, and topographic indicators developed for four pilot sites in Oltrepò Pavese, Lombardy, with the aim of producing synthetic vineyard suitability maps under both current and future climatic conditions. The analysis is based on site-specific soil and topographic data collected directly at the pilot sites and serves to validate the macroscale suitability assessment previously developed in D1.1 + D1.2. The methodology follows the approach jointly developed by CMCC and the University of Sassari for viticultural suitability assessment in Sardinia, appropriately adapted to the local characteristics of the Oltrepò Pavese territory. High-resolution bioclimatic indicators (2.2 km), derived from regional climate model analyses developed within RM8, were processed to generate climatic suitability maps for present and future scenarios. Soil and topographic suitability maps were produced by ERSAF and integrated with the climatic framework by the University of Pavia to obtain final suitability maps for each pilot site. The resulting integrated suitability maps contribute to the activities of the Flagship Project VINO within NODES Spoke 6 RM1, supporting spatial planning for grapevine cultivation and for alternative or supplementary crops under changing climatic conditions. This document is a deliverable of the project VINO ("VIneyard management for viNeprOduction"), which proposes research for sustainable innovation supported by the digitalisation of the wine sector with the primary objective of creating new solutions and readapting existing practices to cope with the effects of climate change in viticulture. This document is part of the project NODES which has received funding from the MUR – Missione 4, Componente 2, Investimento 1.5 – Creazione e rafforzamento di “Ecosistemi dell’innovazione”, costruzione di “leader territoriali di R&S'' – del PNRR funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU with grant agreement no. ECS00000036