The 2022 harvest will be of quality despite the difficulties of the weather, the drought and a campaign that starts early with a variable from about 7 days to 20, depending on the different wine-growing areas.
There are no particular problems.
This is foreseen by the Research Center for Viticulture and Oenology of the Crea-Consiglio for research in agriculture and the analysis of the agricultural economy, which provided the first data and elaborated the forecast trends of the new harvest just started.
In particular, the Crea, despite Italy being united by a homogeneous weather trend from north to south of the peninsula with high temperatures and drought that characterized the spring, does not foresee any drama and crowns "the Italian vineyard as resilient to climate change" .
Overall, the vintage is good, as indicated by the data collected by Patrick Marcuzzo of Crea Viticoltura di Conegliano.
"The shortage of rainfall - say the experts - has certainly facilitated the control of fungal diseases, also reducing the number of phytosanitary interventions".
Although the Italian vineyard has been resilient to climate change, the 2022 production will not be remembered as an abundant year, mainly due to the vineyards not served by irrigation systems or rain catchment basins: in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and in Veneto in slight decrease in the quantity of production compared to 2021 (-10% and -5% respectively).
Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont also recorded a decline.
Sicily is suffering with drops of -5% / - 10% compared to the previous year.
Trentino-Alto Adige is growing (+ 5-6% compared to 2021) Tuscany and Puglia (an additional 10% is expected for the latter).
Ultimately, a year of great oenological interest, which from the point of view of quality presents grapes with a content of sugars and coloring substances higher than the norm, while acidity is constantly monitored to capture the ideal moment of harvest.
