WICA by EPAWI

  • Let grape&wine innovation meet your needs

    EPAWI global survey on the main challenges of wine industry

  • Thank you for participating in this survey: your contribution will be very important in directing the future innovation efforts for the European wine sector. 

    The EPAWI project aims to create an organisation (Wine Innovation Cluster Alliance) that fosters cooperation between technology developers, research centres and public institutions, at a global level, in order to orient private and public resources toward the most urgent needs of grape&wine production.

    In this first and fundamental step of the project, we have interviewed 50 professionals representing different productive realities (large wine groups, cooperatives, family owned wineries etc., and active in different climatic, pedologic and social conditions around Europe), obtaining a long list of challenges considered important in their daily activity. With this survey, we now want to know which challenges are the top priority in each wine region.

    The questionnaire is structured into 4 sections, each one containing a list of specific challenges mentioned by the stakeholders previously interviewed:

    -          GRAPE GROWING

    -          WINEMAKING

    -          MARKETING & SALES

    -          ADMINISTRATION

    Please, open the section pages corresponding to your personal activity and, for each question, tick the challenges that represent a priority for you: you can select more than one choice, but never more than half of the options.

     

    Important: The answers of the survey will be kept totally anonymous. Please answer sincerely to increase the significance of results.  The report resulting from the survey will be made available to researchers, private auxiliary companies and policy makers of all European wine regions, helping them allocate the R&D resources in the most efficient way for the development of the wine sector.

    If you have any question about the survey, please email us : info[at]wicabyepawi.com

  • Throughout the questionnaire, you will encounter some questions whose answers are important to better understand the context in which you operate and to correctly interpret the collected data.

    Please let us know a bit more about you before starting the questionnaire

  • You are a …..?
  • If you are directly involved in grape and wine production, what is your dimension?

  • Open the section corresponding to your activities.

    If you are involved in more than one activity, you will have the chance to click over to another section when you have completed the first. Please answer every section that you are involved in.

    • GRAPEGROWING : planting vineyards, pruning, spraying, harvesting grapes …. 

    • For each question, tick the answers that represent a priority for you. If you don’t find your options in the list, please report them in the specific open space at the end of the section

    • 1. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding GRAPE GROWING IN GENERAL? (max 3 choices)
    • 2. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding the PLANTING OF NEW VINEYARDS in your area? (max 3 choices)
    • 3. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding PRUNING? (max 3 choices)
    • 4. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding SPRAYING the vineyard? (max 3 choices)
    • 5. How old is your spraying equipment?
    • 6. Do you harvest mainly by:
    • 7. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding the GRAPE HARVEST? (max 2 choices)
    • 8. How do you decide when to harvest? (max 3 choices)
    • 9. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding GRAPE SELLING? (max 2 choices)
    • 10. How do you think digitalisation could help your grape growing activity? (max 3 choices)
    • 11. Which actions do you alter based on DSS (Decision support systems)?
    • Do you think that climate change will affect your vineyard activity in the next 20 years?
    • 12. How do you think climate change can affect your work? (max 3 choices)
    • 13. How are you preparing for the effects of climate change? (max 5 choices)
    • WINEMAKING: grape reception, fermentation, ageing, bottling and packaging …. 

    • For each question, tick the answers that represent a priority for you. If you don’t find your options in the list, please report them in the specific open space at the end of the section

    • 14. Which of the following are your main challenges in the WINERY? (max 3 choices)
    • 15. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding WINEMAKING IN GENERAL? (max 4 choices)
    • 16. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding GRAPE RECEPTION? (max 4 choices)
    • 17. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding the FERMENTATION PROCESS? (max 4 choices)
    • 18. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding FERMENTATION MONITORING? (max 3 choices)
    • 19. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding WINE EVOLUTION? (max 3 choices)
    • 20. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding SPARKLING WINE ageing? (max 2 choices)
    • 21. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding the BOTTLING AND LABELLING of your product? (max 4 choices)
    • 22. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding WINE MONITORING? (max 2 choices)
    • 23. How do you think digitalisation can help your activity in winemaking? (max 3 choices)
    • 24. Do you think climate change will affect your winemaking activity in the next 10 years?
    • 25. How do you think climate change will affect your activity? (max 3 choices)
    • 26. How are you preparing to overcome future challenges related to climate change? (max 4 choices)
    • MARKETING & SALES: product definition, distribution, shipping, relationship with consumers ….  

    • For each question, tick the answers that represent a priority for you. If you don’t find your options in the list, please report them in the specific open space at the end of the section

    • 27. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding your COMMERCIALISATION strategy? (max 4 choices)
    • 28. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding the DEFINITION of your product? (max 3 choices)
    • 29. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding working with DISTRIBUTORS? (max 3 choices)
    • 30. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding the SHIPPING of your product? (max 3 choices)
    • 31. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding KNOWING YOUR CONSUMERS? (max 3 choices)
    • 32. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding TRACEABILITY? (max 3 choices)
    • 33. How do you think digitalisation can help your commercial activity? (max 4 choices)
    • ADMINISTRATION: bookkeeping, office organisation, relationship with providers ….  

    • For each question, tick the answers that represent a priority for you. If you don’t find your options in the list, please report them in the specific open space at the end of the section

    • 34. Which of the following are your main challenges in the ADMINISTRATION of your activity? (max 2 choices)
    • 35. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding OFFICE WORK? (max 3 choices)
    • 36. Which of the following are your main challenges regarding communication with your PROVIDERS? (max 3 choices)
    • 37. How do you think digitalisation can help your office activity? (max 5 choices)

  • Thank you for answering this survey.

    Your knowledge and experience will be very valuable to understand where there is more need for innovation and resource allocation.

    If you want to remain updated on EPAWI project activities (including survey results) and/or participate the creation of WICA (Wine Innovation Cluster Alliance) please leave here below your contacts

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