The Ministry has authorized the planting of 30 hectares of new vineyards in the Aosta Valley.
This was communicated by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, underlining that the provision was published in the Official Gazette number 21 of 26 January 2024. Councilor Marco Carrel and his colleague from Liguria, Alessandro Piana, had sent the Ministry a letter of request for raising the minimum threshold for replanting, in which they recalled "the contribution of heroic viticulture to the protection and valorisation of difficult territories, on which, despite the opportunities, the threat of abandonment increasingly looms".
"We are pleased that our appeals did not fall on deaf ears - comments Carrel - and instead received the response we hoped for. The market is paying ever greater attention to Aosta Valley viticulture and the sector is in full expansion: the quality of the production is growing, the propensity of companies to invest and diversify their activities with hospitality and visit initiatives and the interest on the part of young people, also as a professional opportunity. In this context and in agreement with the Wine Consortium, the increase in the area cultivated with vineyards represents an impulse to the development and recovery of our territory, which is strongly suited, and where, I remember, until the 19th century, vine cultivation was close to 3,000 hectares".
"Let's not forget - concludes Carrel - also the positive effects on the environment, since the vineyard areas are safeguards for the protection of the territory and for the fight against the phenomena of hydrogeological instability, made more frequent and intense by climate change. Agricultural companies are not only they contribute to the valorisation of our region, but they also combat its depopulation and abandonment".
Applications to obtain authorization to plant new vineyards must be submitted from February 15th to March 31st.
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