{"id":34338,"date":"2026-03-03T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/lolivera-harvested-210000-kg-during-the-grape-harvest\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:07:45","slug":"lolivera-harvested-210000-kg-during-the-grape-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/lolivera-harvested-210000-kg-during-the-grape-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Olivera harvested 210,000 kg during the grape harvest."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34338\" class=\"elementor elementor-34338 elementor-32348\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28ca337f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28ca337f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15bc0f7e\" data-id=\"15bc0f7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af72b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af72b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>After three years of drought and high temperatures, L\u2019Olivera increases the volume of grapes brought into the winery by 30%.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 19, we kicked off the 2025 harvest, both in Vallbona de les Monges and in the peri-urban vineyards of the Sabadell Agricultural Park. This summer\u2019s latest heatwave forced us to start the harvest two weeks earlier than the traditional schedule. On the other hand, we achieved <\/span><b>a significant increase in the volume of grapes brought into the winery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially for white and sparkling wines. We harvested 210,000 kg of grapes, 30% more than the 163,000 kg harvested in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After three years of drought, we were expecting a normal ripening season. However, the heatwaves at the end of July, with temperatures exceeding 40\u00b0C, affected the grapes\u2019 usual ripening process. According to data from <\/span><b>IRTA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the harvest currently takes place around fifteen days earlier than it did fifty years ago, and projections indicate that over the course of the 21st century it could move forward by as much as 2 to 2.5 months. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are facing an oenological challenge. Climate change forces us to bring the harvest forward to avoid excessive alcohol levels. Heat accelerates photosynthesis and the accumulation of sugars in the grapes,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explains <\/span><b>Pau Moragas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Head of Production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to this scenario, we have long been working to ensure the sustainability of dryland farming, through trials with <\/span><b>cover crops<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the introduction of <\/span><b>recovered drought-resistant varieties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>Trobat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We do so through a research project with the University of Lleida and INCAVI: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cResearch into historical grape varieties from the lands of Lleida is a strategic field for the viticulture of the future, and carrying it out within the framework of the designation of origin creates a positive shared effort,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adds Moragas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A harvest with ecological and social values<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have faced not only a climate-related challenge but also an organisational one, as for more than 50 years we have harvested <\/span><b>all grapes by hand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cManual harvesting is more delicate, but also more respectful of the land: it takes better care of the vine and prevents oxidation of the grapes so they arrive at the winery in optimal condition,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moragas emphasises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this <\/span><b>37th edition of the harvest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, around <\/span><b>35 people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took part, maintaining our social vocation: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe believe in human-scale work that places people at the centre; that is why we are committed to creating <\/span><\/i><b><i>social inclusion pathways<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the entire winemaking process,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moragas concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, as every year, we welcomed students from the University of the Republic (Uruguay) in Montevideo and from Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico to show them the harvest campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With the support of:<a 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On August 19, we kicked off the 2025 harvest, both in Vallbona de les Monges and in the peri-urban vineyards of the Sabadell Agricultural Park. This summer\u2019s latest heatwave forced us to start the harvest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":32350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-27-at-11.56.28.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34339,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34338\/revisions\/34339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}