Sustainable Viticulture in the Valdepeñas Protected Designation of Origin: From Soil Quality to Management in Vitis vinifera

Historically, the productivity–quality dualism has been fundamentally oriented toward productivity in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), and more specifically, Valdepeñas Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). Today this trend is balanced involves another factor: environment. From perspective, soil quality conservation enhancement one major sustainable viticulture goals today. This study explores characteristics identifies diversity soils area for vineyard production terroir context, synthesizing old new trends applying cultivation techniques relation to their sustainability identifying knowledge gaps management novel practices improve grape quality. The effects integrated, organic, traditional biodynamic are discussed. main conclusion that a careful retrospective analysis grape-growing have dominated past century (soil cultivation, fertilization, etc.) not unfavorable from point view. outlines emphasizes that, despite suitability soils, it necessary evolve with methodologies, but without forgetting ancestral techniques.