Ciência & Vinho

From the terroir to the glass

Terroir, viticulture, wine production, sensory evaluation, marketing and health

Presentation

About this conference

The conference “Science & Wine – from terroir to glass” will address some of the most important topics related to vine and wine: terroir, viticulture, winemaking, sensory evaluation, marketing and health.

Being often analyzed separately, the conference will provide a joint discussion of those topics that adds not only scientific but also economic value. In this context, the conference will be an opportunity for academics, winemakers and industry associations to discuss some of the great issues surrounding wine production, marketing and consumption.

The conference “Science & Wine – from terroir to glass” will be the perfect occasion for cross-fertilization between scientists and students from different fields (enology, viticulture, chemistry, marketing and health) together with winemakers, winemakers and sectoral institutions.

Organization

Organization and support

This conference is part of the program of the Port Wine Day, an event organized by the Port and Douro Wines Institute (IVDP). This event celebrates the date of September 10, 1756, on which the Marquês de Pombal created the oldest demarcated and regulated region of the World: the Douro Demarcated Region. As an initiative that brings together speakers with different competencies and responsibilities, this conference is intended as an opportunity to promote the debate on science and wine between the academic community and economic agents.

In this way, the conference represents a contribution to the fulfillment of the Third Mission of the University of Porto which, in an active way, assumes itself as an important driver of economic, social, cultural and scientific development in the North of Portugal and in the country in general.

Organizing committee:
Carlos Melo Brito, Pro-Rector of U.Porto.
Paula Cristina Silva, Professor, ICBAS, U.Porto.
Jorge Lacerda de Queiroz, Professor, FC, U.Porto
Manuel Lima, Head of Wine Tasting Service, IVDP

U.Porto:

Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
[email protected]

General Informations

Useful Information

This event will be held at the Association of Port Wine Companies (AEVP).

AEVP:

Rua Dr. António Granjo, 207, 4400-124 Vila Nova and Gaia – Portugal

Dinner Information:

Dinner for guests in Espaço Porto Cruz.

Espaço Porto Cruz:
Largo Miguel Bombarda, N.º23, 4400 – 222 Vila Nova de Gaia
Telf: (00351) 220 92 53 40 / 220 92 54 01
Fax: 220 924 299

Guest Speakers

Meet our most valued speakers

GIOVANNI DE GAETANO
NEUROMED

ANTÓNIO GRAÇA
PORVID

VICTOR FREITAS
University of Porto

GEORGE SANDEMAN
Sogrape Wines SA

MORAIS DOS SANTOS
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Univ.

SARSFIELD CABRAL
University of Porto

TIM HOGG
INNOVINE & WINE

CLÁUDIA NUNES
University of Aveiro

CARLOS BRITO
University of Porto

JOSÉ MOUTINHO PEREIRA
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Univ.

MARCELA SEGUNDO
University of Porto

JOÃO LEITÃO
University of Beira Interior

JORGE QUEIRÓZ
University of Porto

Schedule

Know the schedule of this event

Secretariat opens

8:30h – 9:30h

Opening Ceremony

9:30 – 10:00

Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo | Manuel Cabral

Effects of wine, beer and spirits on health and disease

10:00 – 10:25

Giovanni de Gaetano Moderation: Paula Silva

Wine in Moderation – a work of cultural sustainability

10:25 – 10:50

George Sandeman Moderation: Paula Silva

Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:15

Free for the conference participants.

A scientific basis for the concept of terroir - more questions than answers?

11:15 – 11:40

Tim Hogg Moderation: Sarsfield Cabral

Climate change mitigation strategies for Douro Wine Region

11:40 – 12:05

José Moutinho Pereira Moderation: Sarsfield Cabral

Douro’s grape varieties – terroir’s resilience

12:05 – 12:30

António Graça Moderation: Sarsfield Cabral

Installation of vineyard’s in steep slope (Douro region): from the past to the present

12:30 – 12:55

Jorge Queiróz Moderation: Sarsfield Cabral

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

Free for the conference participants. Lunch venue: AEVP

Electronics and computer technologies in Precision Viticulture.

14:30 – 14:55

Raúl Morais Santos Moderation: Tim Hogg

High Hydrostatic Pressure technology on wine: potentialities and drawbacks

14:55 – 15:20

Cláudia Nunes Moderation: Tim Hogg

Winove project: portable miniaturized assays

15:20 – 15:45

Marcela Segundo Moderation: Tim Hogg

Port wine colour: a quick glance

15:45 – 16:10

Victor Freitas Moderation: Tim Hogg

Coffee Break

16:10 – 16:35

Free for the conference participants.

Behind the decisions of a wine tasting panel

16:35 – 17:00

Sarsfield Cabral Moderation: Raul Morais Santos

Wine Marketing - From terroir with Emotion

17:00 – 17:25

Carlos Brito Moderation: Raul Morais Santos

Open Innovation Bridge(s) between S&T and Firms

17:25 – 18.00

João Leitão Moderation: Raul Morais Santos

Future and innovation (Discussion)

18:00 – 18:30

All speakers

Port Wine Drinks

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner

20:30

Dinner for guests in Espaço Porto Cruz. Offered by Gran Cruz.

Registration

The registrations closed at August 31. All the registration after that date will be dependent of the seat availability.

Registration

TESTIMONIALS

What people say

The University of Porto is very committed in the organization of the conference “Science & Wine – from terroir to glass” with the precious collaboration of IVDP – Port and Douro Wines Institute. We are aware of the high academic and scientific interest in viticulture, particularly in a country with strong wine traditions and in a city that gives name to one of the most famous wines in the world – Port wine.
As an institution open to the community, the University could not be indifferent to the role that wine has in the city, North region and in country. Wine is a product that followed the economic, social and cultural evolution of the Portuguese society, being a central element of the identity matrix of the country. This conference is based precisely on the importance that the University of Porto attributes to wine and the scientific critical mass that the institution has gained in the field of winemaking.

Sebastião Feyo de AzevedoRector of the University of Porto

Port Wine day has been a great success since its first edition in 2014. It contaminates and involves the community through different initiatives that extend to Port Wine Cellars, bars, restaurants, with proposals of gastronomic harmonization and Port Wine, wine dinners, Sunset Party, conferences, exams and masterclass for national and international press.

The University of Porto proposed to the IVDP the inclusion, in the Port Wine Day 2017, of the conference “Science & Wine – from the terroir to the glass”.

This conference, will undoubtedly provide a moment of reflection and an opportunity to contact the recent scientific developments in themes involving wine, fully in keeping with the purposes that led to the creation of the Port Wine day.

Manuel CabralIVDP President