An innovative approach to viticulture zoning: The study area of Valle Telesina

Viticulture aiming to the production of high quality wines represents a research and socioeconomie area of great interest because it aims to an integrated combination of high quality production, income and the sustainable land use. In fact, in a modern approach viticulture suitability must be studied by means of a "zoning methodology" aiming to a land c1assification based on pedological, c1imatic and topographic features; such c1assification has to be validated considering the grapevine adaptability together with wine quality. Eventually, such zoning approach intend to correlate specific land units (zones) to the wine quality This study aims to approach this complex zoning procedure with an innovative methodology that can combine (i) spatial distribution of daily c1imatic data, (ii) soil mapping and (iii) functional models. All these data are considered in arder to estimate a some crociaI feature far wine quality such as plant water stress.