Adapting viticulture to climate change guidance manual to support winegrowers' decision-making

Within the LIFE-ADVICLIM project, the action B1 is particularly fitted to the development of local adaptation options to climate change European wine growing regions. By providing better understanding of actual and future agro-climatic potentials, it aims to assist winegrowers in building adaptation strategies to ensure the maintenance of wine quality and sustainable production. This manual aims therefore to inform on climate change and adaptation in viticulture, as well as to describe the modelling framework and process applied in this scientific project to address this issue. Indeed, while there are many management tools and solutions that hold great potential, there is little guidance on how viticultural practices should be undertaken at different temporal (short to long term) and spatial scales (local to regional level) in response to a changing climate.The guidance manual is divided into three parts:- The first part provide a general introduction of climate change in the viticulture sector. The goal is to give insights on global and regional climate changes, the impacts already observed on grape and wine production and the key issues associated with future climate impacts.- The second part aims to inform winegrowers on potential adaptation strategies to climate change. In this context, it seeks to present some guidelines on identifying and performing adaptation measures at different temporal and spatial scales.- The third part deals with the modelling framework used in action B1 of the LIFE-ADVICLIM project. By applying modelling techniques and tools, the action B1 aims to evaluate, identify and prioritise rational adaptation strategies at local vineyard scales.