Following their arrival on Monday, the participants were introduced on Tuesday morning to the Styrian State Winery Silberberg, the Federal Higher Education and Research Institute Raumberg-Gumpenstein, and BioErnte Steiermark. Afterwards, they visited a young vineyard planted with diverse vegetation as part of the project, as well as an existing vineyard with very successful cover cropping. The participants were impressed by the cultivation of the steep slopes and the traditional hand-harvesting techniques. In the afternoon, the internal project meeting was held in a hybrid format. The first day concluded with a guided tour and tasting of the Silberberg wine cellar and a visit to a traditional wine tavern.
On Wednesday, the project partners attended the practical workshop "Biodiversity and Green Cover Management in Viticulture" in Silberberg. On Thursday, a final excursion was organized for the project partners, including visits to the Hartlieb oil mill and two organic wineries. The young age structure of the participants, the diverse range of small-scale farms, and the impressive landscape along the South Styrian Wine Road provided a fitting conclusion to the international event week within the framework of the Life VineAdapt project in Southern Styria.
