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Viticulture in the Czech Republic: Some spatio-temporal trends

SVOBODOVÁ, Ilona, Antonín VĚŽNÍK and Michael KRÁL

Basic information

Original name

Viticulture in the Czech Republic: Some spatio-temporal trends

Authors

SVOBODOVÁ, Ilona (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Antonín VĚŽNÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michael KRÁL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Moravian Geographical Reports, Brno, AV ČR, Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2014, 1210-8812

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.872

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00075417

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000336085000001

Keywords in English

viticulture; vine-growers; organic viticulture; integrated production; Czech Republic

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 11/4/2015 19:29, Ing. Andrea Mikešková

Abstract

V originále

From a global perspective, the growing of grapevines in the Czech Republic is of peripheral importance. For a group of grape-growing villages in southern Moravia, however, the making of wine is bound up with local history, traditions and cultural life, and contributes significantly to the local economy. This paper describes the current status of viticulture in Bohemia and Moravia, addressing changes in the number and structure of wine producers and pointing out some qualitative changes that the business is undergoing. Changing consumer tastes have brought a demand for quality wines of local origin, which cannot be met without high quality care of vineyards throughout the lifetime of the vines. Special attention is given to two alternative ways of tending vineyards – the development of integrated production, and organic viticulture – that are developing rapidly in the Czech Republic even when compared to Austria and Germany.