L’impronta del carbonio nella produzione di vino nel Sud Italia in due tipologie di coltivazione

The study reports the carbon footprint (CF) of a 0.75 L red wine bottle calculated considering the carbon fluxes at field, winery, packing and distribution stages. Two production systems were compared: sustainable (organic fertilization, no-tillage) and conventional (mineral fertilization, tillage). We assessed a CF equal to 0.03 kg C for each bottle for the sustainable production while it was 1.0 kg C for the conventional. Based on the incidence of each stage on the CF, it emerges that field operations are of great significance in terms of CF.