In addition to the project partners, around 40 winegrowers from all over Austria, consultants from various fields related to viticulture, and other interested visitors participated. Conference participants from Slovenia and South Tyrol were also welcomed. In the morning, expert presentations provided information on establishing and maintaining biodiversity through species-rich permanent cover crops in viticulture, the connection between microbial diversity in the soil and resilient viticulture, and the promotion of beneficial insects through species-rich wildflower cover crops.
In the afternoon, the detailed machinery demonstration on-site in the Glaser vineyard stimulated a professional exchange. Using the presented machines, an optimal maintenance concept for biodiverse vegetation in the median strip was developed in Silberberg. The plan is to maintain this vegetation permanently through management and to establish future young vineyards with species-rich flowering strips.
