The BC for the sustainability of Designations of Origin and the Quality Agri-food Districts: The case of Vermentino di Gallura D.O.C.G.

Abstract

The study describes the implementation hypothesis of the BC (BC) Technology within a specific wine-growing area, production area of a unique Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin at an international level, that of Vermentino di Gallura DOCG, located in the Region Sardinia (Italy). The paper is structured as follows: first, the operating scheme of the BC technology is briefly summarized and the type of plant to be used is identified for the purpose of this study, that of protecting the DO, transparency and simplification of practices of certification. The main uses that BC has had in the agri-food sector in general are recalled below, with a focus on the wine sector. The two paragraphs constitute an indispensable premise for the introduction of our BC implementation hypothesis in the specific case study. In fact, the second part of the work is dedicated to the description of the Vermentino di Gallura DOCG production system, and of some critical issues that could be overcome with the implementation of the BC Technology. The innovative aspect within the existing literature is represented by the fact that in this case it is not a question of applying BC's writing to a single company (mono-objective), but to the protection of a designation of origin and the guarantee of compliance with a Production Disciplinary, still little studied in the wine sector. Based on the variety of process types that populate the Agro-food Quality District, different writing options and different BC certification hypotheses will be presented. This is a first approach that we intend to implement and specifically study directly within a future research project.