?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+Viticulture+in+Europe&rft.creator=Willer%2C+Helga&rft.creator=Zanoli%2C+Raffaele&rft.subject=Viticulture&rft.subject=Europe&rft.description=So+far+no+official+statistical+data+on+the+current+status+of+organic+viticulture+in+Europe+exist.+Even+though+most+countries+in+the+European+Union%2C+the+EU+accession+countries+and+the+EFTA+countries+collate+data+on+their+land+under+organic+management%2C+figures+on+land+use+patterns+are+not+always+available.+The+share+of+organic+vineyards+of+all+vineyards+is+still+small.+The+percentage+of+organic+vineyards+is+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+with+the+exception+of+Greece%2C+Italy%2C+Spain+-+smaller+than+the+percentage+of+organic+land+of+all+agricultural+land+in+the+respective+countries.+This+is+particularly+striking+for+Austria+and+Switzerland+where+only+little+more+than+1+%25+of+the+vineyards+are+organic+whereas+the+total+organic+land+is+around+eight+per+cent+of+all+agricultural+land.+It+is+also+interesting+to+look+at+the+shares+organic+vineyards+have+within+the+organically+managed+land.+The+Mediterranean+countries+have%2C+compared+the+northern+wine+growing+areas%2C+high+shares+of+vineyards.+This+reflects+the+general+cropping+pattern+but+also+the+fact+that+most+southern+countries+are+exporters+of+organic+products%3B+the+main+products+being+typical+Mediterranean+products%2C+one+of+which+is+wine.+From+the+articles+of+the+authors+for+these+proceedings+it+may+be+concluded+that+organic+viticulture+is+growing+in+all+European+countries.+&rft.publisher=Stiftung+%C3%83%C2%96kologie+%26+Landbau%2C+DE-Bad+D%C3%83%C2%BCrkheim%2C+and+Forschungsinstitut+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+biologischen+Landbau+(FiBL)%2C+CH-Frick&rft.contributor=Willer%2C+Helga&rft.contributor=Meier%2C+Urs&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F1917%2F1%2Fwiller-zanoli-2000-viticulture-europe.pdf&rft.identifier=Willer%2C+Helga+and+Zanoli%2C+Raffaele+(2000)+Organic+Viticulture+in+Europe.+In%3A+Willer%2C+Helga+and+Meier%2C+Urs+(Eds.)+Proceedings+6th+International+Congress+on+Organic+Viticulture%2C+held+in+Basel%2C+Convention+Centre%2C+August+25+and+26%2C+2000%2C+Stiftung+%C3%83%C2%96kologie+%26+Landbau%2C+DE-Bad+D%C3%83%C2%BCrkheim%2C+and+Forschungsinstitut+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+biologischen+Landbau+(FiBL)%2C+CH-Frick%2C+pp.+23-29.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F1917%2F