LIGAWINE – Low Input Grapegrowing and Winemaking
Call for projects: Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1 (I3-2024-INV1)
Coordinator: INNOVI, Spain
Partners:
- ASSOCIACIO AEI INNOVI
- BORDEAUX AQUITAINE INNO’VIN
- AGROTECHNOLOGIKI EXAGOGIKI SIMBRAXI (ATE Cluster)
- VINIDEA SRL
- REFRAME FOOD ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIRIA
- Institut Catala de la Vinya i el Vi (INCAVI)
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II
- MERCIER FRERES SARL
- ELICIT PLANT
- E. VILA PROJECTS & SUPPLIES SL
- Talptech S.L.
- ENARTIS SRL
- PARSEC ENOLOGIA SL
- ONAFIS
- ENODORO SRL
- APPITAD – ASSOCIACAO DOS PRODUTORES EM PROTECAO INTEGRADA DE TRAS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO
- CANTINA DI DOLIANOVA scarl
- VIÑEDOS DEL RIO TAJO S.L.
- ENRIC REGULL, SLU
Duration: 39 months
September 15th 2025 – December 15th 2028
Total budget: 6,424,425.77 €
EU contribution: 4 818 319,93 €
Project description
The deployment of sustainable agricultural practices is a key challenge for European viticulture. Through its planned actions, the LIGAWINE project aims to promote interregional innovation, sustainable and economically viable viticulture and winemaking, and contribute to the ecological transition and competitiveness of the wine sector. Various solutions are proposed, covering the entire value chain of the sector. Overall, the project aims to:
- Implement eight large-scale investments carried out by technological leaders in their respective countries across different European wine-growing regions. These investments focus on experimenting with new disease-resistant plant materials, deploying various biocontrol and biostimulant products derived from the valorization of natural resources, using new digital tools to support the work of grape growers and winemakers, improving innovative winemaking practices and developing automated, energy-saving solutions for wineries. These trials will be carried out through technical validations in different european regions, assessing various parameters.
- Identify and propose additional solutions through the FTSPs (Financial Support to Third Parties), targeting complementary — including cross-sectoral — technologies and solutions, with 70% of the FTSP budget allocated to less developed regions. This call will be open to a wide range of industry stakeholders to detect as many potential solutions as possible and select those deemed most relevant.
- Connect regional industry and S3 (Smart Specialisation Strategy) needs with investments, optimize investments within regional economies, and create innovation beacons. The project has been designed and will be managed to encourage interregional innovation by fostering collaboration among as many European wine-growing regions as possible through a Community of Practice (CoP) of experts, coordination of industry needs, and a structured dissemination plan.
Executive summary
LIGAWINE (Low Input Grapegrowing and Winemaking) is a 39-month European project (I3-2024-INV1) with 20 partners and a total budget of €6.4M. LIGAWINE aims to accelerate the adoption of sustainable, innovative, and profitable viticultural practices across Europe.
The project supports eight large-scale investments in new disease-resistant vines, biocontrol and biostimulant solutions, digital tools for vineyard protection and management, energy-efficient winery technologies, and innovative winemaking methods, as well as 24 complementary projects through financial support to third parties (FSTP). Through interregional collaboration and targeted funding (70% in less developed regions), LIGAWINE connects industry needs with regional innovation strategies to drive the ecological transition of the wine sector.
Work packages
- WP1 Project management and coordination
- WP2 Interregional dimension
- WP3 Large scale vineyard investments: Vineyard innovation through the implementation of sustainable solutions in vineyards
- WP4 Large scale winery investments: fostering innovation and testing technologies in wineries
- WP5 Open Call for supporting innovation acceleration in the wine sector
- WP6 Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
