Investments for upgrading and equipment in the Haro Oenological Research Station laboratories
Published on 20 August 2019
Spain
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About this good practice
The aim of this operation is to finance the investments made in infrastructures and scientific equipment in the Haro Oenological Station (EEH) during the period. The Haro Oenological Station is a laboratory specialised in wine growing belonging to the Government of La Rioja and run by the Wine growing Research Department (D.G Agriculture and Livestock Farming). This centre, which in October 2018 celebrated its 125th anniversary, provides analytical services and technical support to public and private bodies from the wine growing sector, and is a benchmark in the subject at national level. In addition, it conducts analysis for checking grape ripening and the quality checks that the Control Board of the DOC Rioja sets for the classification of wines. This makes it a key element within the principal industrial sector in La Rioja, providing support to wine making businesses. The investments defined in this operation encompass a general upgrade of the Haro Oenological Station in all its areas of work (physical-chemical laboratory, microbiology, NMR…). We can highlight the funding of refurbishments and equipment for the microbiology laboratory, the purchase of new apparatus for the physical-chemical laboratory (chromatographs, detectors of fluorescence, equipment for acidity and alcohol analysis…) and the refurbishment of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facilities. (NMR).
Resources needed
The total expenditure in the Oenological Station eligible for a grant within the framework of this Best Practice, as of 31 December 2018, amounts to 487,152 €. This will mean an ERDF grant of 243,576 € for the Government of La Rioja.
Evidence of success
The collaboration with the Institute of Grapevine and Wine Sciences (ICVV) is the main achievement. It has made possible to win other European funding. For example from the national calls for participation from the national Institute for Agrarian Research (INIA) or participation in collaborative, international European projects like HORIZON 2020.
Other evidence of success has been the increase (more than 15%) of laboratory services focused to wine enterprises sector.
Other evidence of success has been the increase (more than 15%) of laboratory services focused to wine enterprises sector.
Potential for learning or transfer
The transfer potential of this good practice is as follows:
Through an investment of structural funds, a public laboratory has been transformed into a national leader in oenological innovation.
This good practice shows us how a small investment can have a positive effect on the first industrial sector of a region such as wine in La Rioja.
It should be noted that the improvements made at the Haro Wine Station were made based on the analytical needs of the private sector. This has made it possible to meet directly, through technological innovation, the demands of a sector with a high degree of internationalization that needs rapid and accurate analysis.
It is also considered to have a high transfer potential because this investment generates synergies with international research centers such as the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences.
Through an investment of structural funds, a public laboratory has been transformed into a national leader in oenological innovation.
This good practice shows us how a small investment can have a positive effect on the first industrial sector of a region such as wine in La Rioja.
It should be noted that the improvements made at the Haro Wine Station were made based on the analytical needs of the private sector. This has made it possible to meet directly, through technological innovation, the demands of a sector with a high degree of internationalization that needs rapid and accurate analysis.
It is also considered to have a high transfer potential because this investment generates synergies with international research centers such as the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences.
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Organisation
Government of la rioja
Spain
La Rioja
Contact
Gobierno de La Rioja