Impressions on vintage 2025
Year after year the grape harvest in Portugal and Spain is being brought forward as a result of rising temperatures, which accelerates the ripening of the grapes. This can lead to unbalanced grape ripening, which is why projects such as Minorsens are essential to find adapted and sustainable solutions. This year’s harvest was very staggered, […]
Authorities visit the trial where some of the Minorsens varieties are located
Minority grape varieties capture the attention of local authorities in Villarino de los Aires, Salamanca. Minorsens was the guiding thread of an institutional visit to one of ITACYL’s trials in which authorities from the institute, the mayor and councillor of Villarino de los Aires, the technical director of the DO Arribes del Duero and various […]
Presentation of Minorsens at the Demoviña trade show
Minorsens had a tent at the Demoviña 2025 agricultural machinery demonstration fair, organised by Campo magazine and Agromillora. We had the opportunity to present the minority varieties that we are identifying thanks to the project to some 400 professionals from the wine sector. In addition, ITACYL, as coordinator of the project, participated in a round […]
Minorsens on local television in Salamanca
The local television of Salamanca echoes the minority varieties of Castilla y León and the Minorsens project, you can find the full report here:
Minorsens information event in Tordesillas
MINORSENS was presented to around thirty professionals from the region’s wine sector, such as winemakers, winegrowers, representatives of some of the region’s designations of origin, etc., as well as academic institutions. The event took place at the Casas del Tratado de Tordesillas, an emblematic place in the historical relationship between Spain and Portugal that continues […]
Coordination meeting
After the grape harvest 2024, we review the activities carried out in the last few weeks and catch up on the tasks to be carried out in the near future.
Minorsens in Brief
With this initiative, we want to preserve native grapevine varieties from the cross-border area between Spain (Castilla y León) and northern Portugal that are endangered due to the use of a few commercial varieties that monopolize production. As we will see, their use will be key in the face of climate change. These minority varieties […]
We Are Minorsens
The MINORSENS team consists of four funded beneficiaries and two non-funded partners on both sides of the Spain-Portugal border. The Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (Spain) is the project coordinator. This public entity, under the regional government of Castilla y León, focuses on promoting technological development and applied research in the agricultural sector. […]
Minorsens begins its activities with a launch meeting
On December 12th, the organizations that make the MINORSENS project possible met at the Rueda Enological Station (Valladolid, Spain) as the starting point for their activities. MINORSENS was approved within the third call for projects of the Interreg VI-A Spain-Portugal program (POCTEP) 2021-2027 at the end of last year. The journey that now begins will […]