R&D projects

LOWpHWINE is a consortium research and experimental development project that aims to study the effects that different soil and vine conditions can have on the acid composition of grapes and wines, in a context of climate change.

SHIP2FAIR is a European project that aims to foster the integration of solar thermal technology in the industrial processes of the agro–food industry. With this purpose, SHIP2FAIR will develop a set of tools and methods aimed at improving energy efficiency, reducing the environmental impact and, ultimately, increasing the competitiveness of companies.

Bodegas RODA through VINySOST project aims to respond to the main scientific-technical challenges of the wine sector which, betting on sustainable production in vineyards, seeks to increase the competitiveness os our wines nationally and internationally. This is a project in partnership from CIEN programme (CIEN, is the acronym of the Strategic Programme of National Business Research Consortiums managed by CDTI) constituted by 8 companies and supported by 10 Spanish Research organizations, which has a fundable budget of 7.45 M €.

Bodegas Roda has achieved its increasing competitiveness through an exhaustive study of the vineyard management and breeding techniques. Within this framework, the strategic goal of the project is to help the European vineyard sector facing the increasingly global competition.

The global warming is clear; it has been said by the Intergovernmental Group of Experts about the Climate Change (IPCC) in its 27th Plenary Session (Valencia 2007). It exists a great uncertainty about the space and temporal importance of the climate change and at this juncture, the wine-growing sector has the duty to develop adaptation strategies, including technological innovations, new systems of use of the vineyard, a better management of water resources and a greater basic knowledge to obtain quality wines that meet the consumer demands.

This project came about as a result of our concern to find out more about our indigenous grape varieties. It is a project that has been set up in coordination with the Universities of Rioja and Salamanca with the aim of studying the phenolic profile of our indigenous varieties, Tempranillo and Graciano, together with the profile of the wine during the different phases of the wine-making process. Knowledge of the phenolic profile of our varieties and our wines during the different phases of the wine-making process has helped us to use those viticultural practices and wine-making techniques that produce more structured, attractive, elegant and round wines, such has been achieved in our excellent RODA wines.

The process of ageing a wine is basic in its definition and its qualities. In this process the conditions of temperature and humidity are key factors in carrying out the malo-lactic fermentation in barrel and also for the stabilisation of the wine. It is therefore necessary for the cellar temperature and humidity to be kept within determined limits which must be controlled.

The massive use of clonal material of the Tempranillo grape variety since the 1990s has caused an incalculable loss of ancient bio-types of the Tempranillo variety. Each old vine that is pulled up carries away with it precious genetic information which will never be recovered.