Wine-growers: Because of the drought, pruning in vineyards must be changed

This year, the grape harvest was 20-30.% weaker, reported by the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven Because of the climate changes we are yet to face, we will need a change in the way of growing the vines, commented for Agri.BG Assoc. Emil Tsvetanov, Director of the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven. [...]

Winegrowers harvest red grape varieties weeks earlier

In the Pleven harvest, Storgozia and Cabernet Sauvignon, along with Gamza, vineyard owners are already harvesting the later red varieties, which usually have to be harvested at the end of September because of the great drought that literally drinks the grape juice. The situation is almost the same throughout Bulgaria, only in certain places where the grapes are [...]

Rubin wine becomes even more valuable if you add oak chips

How can you apply the technique in practice and what are the results, said Agri.BG scientists from the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven The wine from grapes of the Rubin variety, compared to the wine from two other varieties - Cabernet Sauvignon and Gamza, grown in the region of Central Northern Bulgaria, shows an exceptional potential to accumulate large amounts of phenolic [...]

Assoc. Emil Tsvetanov: Wine grapes will not have a high yield

The climate requires the application of various operations during the vegetation of the vines The wine grapes this year will not have a high yield, because it does not ripen, but dries on the vines, commented for Agri.BG Assoc. Emil Tsvetanov, Director of the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven.  "The year was very dry, in early spring there were hailstorms that [...]

Scientists from the Institute of Vine-growing in Tekirdag, Turkey, visited the Pleven IVV.

On 28-29 August 2024, scientists from the Institute of Vine-growing in Tekirdağ, Turkey, visited the Pleven IVV. The visit was organized at the invitation of the management of the IVV in connection with the holding of an Open Day dedicated to the Rubin wine variety. Turkish scientists got acquainted with the research and production activities of the IVV, visited the laboratory [...]

Assoc. Dimitar Dimitrov: Our main goal is to promote local grape varieties

Our idea is to optimise the processes in order to obtain a product that is of good quality, says the scientist from the Pleven Institute of Vine and Wine. ‘The promotion of local grape varieties is the main objective pursued by the Pleven Institute of Vine and Wine. Local varieties are the wealth of a country, since [...]

Breeder: ‘Rubin’ is today the main Bulgarian variety for red wines

Scientists from the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven are already showing good results in the creation of grape varieties resistant to drought Vine Selection is one of the main directions in which the Institute of Vine and Wine in Pleven (IVV) works. Ilian Simeonov from [...]

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