Soil Indicators of Terroir and Their Importance for Adaptive and Sustainable Viticulture

Fedor Lisetskii (), Arseniy Poletaev and Evgenia Zelenskaya
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Fedor Lisetskii: Department of Nature Management and Land Cadastre, Belgorod National Research University, Pobeda 85, Belgorod 308015, Russia
Arseniy Poletaev: Institute of Earth Sciences, Belgorod National Research University, Pobeda 85, Belgorod 308015, Russia
Evgenia Zelenskaya: Institute of Earth Sciences, Belgorod National Research University, Pobeda 85, Belgorod 308015, Russia

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-34

Abstract: The comparison of equally important prerequisites for viticulture development (climatope and edaphotope) in two historical regions has shown that both in the historical era and the present day, the less favorable conditions of a temperate climate (riskier in terms of frost danger) and poorer biogeochemical properties of soils and rocks in the steppe region compared to the conditions of the Sub-Mediterranean region have had a decisive influence on the volume and quality of wine products. This is supported by historical data on the local consumption of produced wine and imports of higher-quality wine from Sub-Mediterranean vineyards (Tauric Chersonesos). Both regions of Western Crimea are characterized by the active bioaccumulation of iron, copper, and manganese in the humus horizon of soils, which creates a specific regional geochemical background with the potential to approach the ecological threshold of danger during long-term viticulture. The specific features of modern agricultural technology in viticulture lead to high concentrations of elements such as Cu, V, Cr, and Ni, which can exceed the MPC levels 20–25 years after the vineyard is planted, earlier than other elements. This makes it possible to identify this list of heavy metals as a priority in agroecological monitoring systems for vineyard lands and set the task of adjusting current agricultural technologies for sustainable viticultural practices in specific soil and climatic conditions. The authors see prospects for further studies both on improving methods for assessing components of a wine terroir, especially biogeochemical indicators of soils for a specific geographic region, as well as improving technology for obtaining conjugate assessments of viticulture products and wine materials connected with a given edaphotope.

Keywords: adaptive plant-growing; ampelo-ecological conditions; soil biogeochemistry; soil pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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