ABSTRACT
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Environmental analysis for production of Cabernet Sauvignon wine in Friuli Venezia Giulia region by LCA method
Gloria Catto, Paolo Neri**, Enrico Feoli***, Alfredo Altobelli***
* Graduating in Natural Science, University of Trieste, Italy
** Senior Researcher - ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies,
Energy and the Environment), PROT-INN Department, Bologna: “E.Clementel”
Research Center, Italy
*** Ordinary university Professor- Ecology, University of Trieste, Italy
This report provides a Life Cycle Assessment-based method for studying and
quantifying environmental impacts due to the production and the processing of a
bottle of wine (0.75l) cabernet sauvignon produced in Friuli Venezia Giulia
region, in Italy.
The study allows to individuate the main environmental problems related to the
wine production practices.
This study also includes a sensitivity analisy, consisting in estimating the
proceeding of the environmental damage by a comparison between three different
ways of production: biological production, ecocompatiile production and
traditional production.
The study has been realized by the collaboration among ENEA, University of
Trieste and three Italian firms, and some business producing materials and
services used by the farms during their production processes.
Methods:
We used the Dutch software SimaPro 5.0, developed by Pré Consultant, and the
methods: Eco-indicator 99 (Dutch), EPS 2000 (Swedish) and EDIP 96 (Danish) to
explain their operations.
In the comparison we used Eco-indicator 99 in order to obtain an appraisal of
the differences between the three methods of production.
Inside the work you can find a detailed explanation of these methods, and the
results of the analysis.