Currently, carbon footprint (CF) analysis is gaining a role of primary interest within the
extensive literature regarding wine sustainability issues. It envisages the quantification of …

Food and agricultural waste represents a growing problem with negative effects on the
economy, environment, and human health. Winemaking produces byproducts with high …

Viticulture is currently experiencing a gradual shift to more sustainable production practices.
Many producers see in this shift an opportunity to increase their sales, especially in a context …

An important percentage of European wine appellations base their production on a broad
number of vine-growers that annually sell their grapes to the wineries under the specific …

Purpose This paper performs a life cycle assessment study for a white wine produced in the
northern part of Portugal, ie the white vinho verde. The purpose is to identify the …

The food sector represents one of the major impacting sectors from an environmental point
of view and, among all the products, wine emerges as one of the most studied by the …

In this study, the energy flow and environmental impacts in grape production system are
studied at first. Then, energy consumption is optimized to determine optimum energy …

Biofuels are considered as an alternative to partially replace fossil fuels and mitigate climate
change effects. A life cycle assessment of second generation ethanol, derived from banana …

Energy flow and environmental impact are the key factors toward sustainable development
of agricultural production. The objective of the current study is to optimize the energy …

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool that allows evaluation of the environmental
performances of a product, service or process considering the whole life cycle or a part of it …