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CUTTING-EDGE WINE RESEARCH AT THE SERVICE OF THE INDUSTRY
Major new initiative from Concha y Toro designed to enhance competition in one of the most vital sectors of the Chilean economy.
Major new initiative from Concha y Toro designed to enhance competition in one of the most vital sectors of the Chilean economy.
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4Grafted plants planted in the nursery of the Pocoa Estate.
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The impetus behind Concha y Toro’s newly established
Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) comes about
largely in response to changes and new challenges faced
by our industry. The CRI underlines our company’s com-
mitment to the development of Chile’s national viticulture.
CRI programs and initiatives will focus primarily on applied
research aimed at tackling real world challenges faced by
our country’s wine industry. The CRI is intended to serve
as a meeting place for winemakers and researchers, with
the goal of facilitating the exchange of knowledge.
Concha y Toro’s business model is founded on the pillars
of vertical integration. The CRI and its activities will play a
vital role in taking this integration to the next level.
Its objectives include: Improvements in the field of plant
sciences; adaptation and development of pioneering new
technologies; establishment of first-class analysis in the
fields of agriculture and winemaking; and wide-ranging
improvements in the management of ecosystems and the
overall culture of research and innovation.
Collectively, these will have important implications for
the entire industry, raising the bar in terms of production,
quality and standards of excellence, and placing Chilean
winemaking in a better and stronger position in the face
of increasing global competition.
Through the CRI Extension Center, we seek to foster the
transfer and exchange of knowledge stemming from our
main lines of research, for the benefit of the entire Chilean
wine industry.
OURVISION
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Promote technology development, applied research and knowledge transfer in order to make the national wine industry more competitive and successful in face of the new challenges.
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View of the Pocoa nursery with
grafted plants one month after
being planted.
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OBJECTIVES
• Reinforce Concha y Toro’s leadership in the area of plant sciences and
production, positioning the company at the forefront of this field.
• Generate new knowledge and improved technologies to incorporate
into winemaking and enological practices.
• Integrate, adapt and develop new technical resources, designed to
enhance winemaking processes.
• To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and make first-class analysis
readily available to the agricultural, enological, operational and com-
mercial sectors.
• Generate new ideas and explore emerging trends.
• Encourage development of industry-specific knowledge through
education and research for the benefit of the industry at large.
• Expanding awareness of new advances and improved technology
arising from research, development and innovation of new lines and
projects.
• Promote Extension activities for the benefit of the entire wine sector.
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10The CRI is located in Pencahue, Maule Valley, next to the Lourdes nurseryand vineyard, Concha y Toro’s largest, with 1,014 hectares planted.
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THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
agricultural and enological laboratory
It features high precision instruments, allowing analysis
of grapes and wines from a classical and instrumental
approach. Its main equipment includes analytical and
measuring instruments such as HPLC-UFLC, GC/MS, ICP
OES and FT-IR, among others, which allow the study
of polyphenols, aromas, volatile acidity, organic acids,
metals, pesticides, health and innocuousness of wine,
among others.
Among its facilities it includes units of molecular biology,
foliar analysis, soil analysis, sensory analysis and propa-
gation of in vitro culture.
The CRI is housed in a 1,500 m² (16,150 square feet)
purpose-built modular structure. Facilities include:
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extension center
The CRI Extension area will be open to the community,
serving as a venue for conferences and educational work-
shops and a forum designed to foster a free and open
exchange of knowledge between key players in the Chil-
ean wine industry. The initiative will serve as a source of
education and training and as an agent of change through
the promotion of research and the development of new
and improved technologies for the benefit of Chile’s entire
wine industry.
Includes an auditorium, a tasting and sensory experience
room, and meeting rooms.
experimental wine cellar
Equipped with industrial technologies, this winery will al-
low winemaking at small scales, with the aim of analyz-
ing and experimenting new ways of development for the
viticulture of the company and the industry in general.
This cellar has capacity for the vinification of about 200
tons of grapes. In its facilities there are 60 fermenters,
with a total capacity of 1,000 kg of fruit, and 72 stain-
less steel tanks of 250-liter and 300-liter capacity, which
feature automatic temperature control. It also includes
140 aging tanks -with capacity varying between 50 and
100 liters of must-, which are monitored in two rooms
with automatic temperature control, used for malolactic
fermentation and aging.
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The CRI’s R+D+i strategy is based on a matrix that links
research lines with certain value drivers. Objectives and
projected outcomes are defined through this interaction,
which will assist in the economic and social quantification
of the impact of our projects.
Five lines of research will be pursued:
1 Genetic Material: The agronomic and enological evalu-
ation of clones and growth patterns, taking into consid-
eration local conditions, production potential, enologi-
cal aptitudes and resistances. This way, we will be able
to produce healthy and appropriate plants according to
the requirements addressed by our enological projects.
2 Viticulture: Research and improvement of agricultural
production systems, water-soil-plant relationships,
trellising systems, fertilizers, agrochemicals and mech-
anization, among others.
3 Enological Processes: Research and analysis of diverse
operations ranging from harvest to bottling, extend-
ing to the quality of musts and wines, as well as the
adoption of new technologies and automation of cer-
tain processes. This is to ensure the compliance with
international standards of excellence and safety.
4 Product Design: Research into new and existing raw
materials in order to pinpoint potential new areas of
opportunity. This research line aims to address the ma-
jor challenges in innovation of new products demanded
by today’s industry, in order to respond to global con-
sumer preferences.
5 Market: Study of ecosystems and environments to
identify and target new business opportunities and
positive externalities for society.
As a result of R+D+i, we look forward to making significant
progress in the areas of:
• Corporate compliance, business practices and quality
control, at every level.
• Competitiveness: Securing competitive advantages
through cost optimization and continuous product
improvements.
• Quality: Based on a sustained and consistent increase
in the overall quality of our portfolio.
• Sustainability: The sustainable development of our
own winemaking business and that of the entire Chil-
ean wine industry.
• Wine and society: The societal impact and importance
of wine in Chile and in terms of the overall Chilean
economy.
Traceability is monitored
through each stage of the
plant production process.
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION STRATEGY (R+D+I)
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The CRI is led by a Board of Directors chaired by Rafael
Guilisasti (Vice Chairman, Viña Concha y Toro), supported
by an advisory team comprising Blanca Bustamante (Chief
of Corporate Communications, Concha y Toro), Héctor
Urzúa (Chief Enologist at Concha y Toro’s Lourdes Wine
Cellar), and Carlos Valdivia (Assistant Manager, New Proj-
ects, Concha y Toro).
CRI executive and operational teams are headed by Direc-
tor Gerard Casaubon, assisted by Deputy Director of R+D
TEAM
Group of researchers and Director of the CRI: Dietrich Von Baer, Álvaro González, Mauricio Lolas, Edmundo Bordeu and Gerard Casaubon.
Álvaro González, Assistant Manager of Operations Marcia
Molina, and enologist Sergio Manzano, together with a
team of multi-disciplinary professionals.
The CRI has recruited a team of nationally renowned re-
searchers to spearhead research in their individual areas
of expertise. These include Edmundo Bordeu (enology),
Dietrich Von Baer (analysis) and Mauricio Lolas (plant pa-
thology).
Board of Directors
President · R. Guilisasti
Advisers
H. Urzúa · B. Bustamante · C. Valdivia
Chief of Technological
Management and
Administration
A.Donoso
Agricultural Eng., MBA
Operations
Assistant Manager
J.Zincker
Chemist
Chief of the Agricultural -
Enological Laboratory
Chemist
R+D Project Eng.
Enological Laboratory
S. Vargas
Agricultural Eng.
Oenologist, M.Sc.
Scientific Advisory
Board
CRI Director
G. Casaubon
Agricultural Eng. Oenologist, M.Sc.
Enologist -
Experimental Wine Cellar
S. Manzano
Agricultural Eng.
Oenologist
R+D Deputy Director
A.González
Agricultural Eng.
Oenologist, Ph.D.
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Gerard Casaubon Cruzat
Director of the Center for Research and Innovation
An internationally renowned agronomist-enologist from
Chile’s Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), Casau-
bon’s credentials include postgraduate degrees in Sen-
sory Science and Consumer Behavior Studies, a M.Sc. from
Chile’s Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and a UC Davis Diploma.
From 2002 through 2013, Casaubon served as Manager
of the Aromas and Flavors Center at DICTUC (2002-2013).
During this time, Casaubon participated in numerous wine
industry-related research focusing on quality control, va-
rietal typicity and consumer behavior and trends.
Álvaro González Rojas
Deputy Director of Research and Development (R+D)
An agronomist-enologist from the Pontifical Catholic Uni-
versity of Chile (PUC), González earned his PhD in Agri-
cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry,
and served as an adjunct professor while pursuing post-
doctoral research for the Department of Chemical and Bio-
process Engineering (2012-2014). Additional qualifications
include a PhD in Enology from the University of Bordeaux
2 and residencies at the Enology Research Unit of the
University of Bordeaux (2007), the Institute of Advanced
Chemistry of Catalonia, Barcelona, (2014), and the Depart-
ment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, PUC (2010).
Dietrich Von Baer Von Lochow
A biochemist at Chile’s University of Concepción (1976),
Von Baer earned his PhD in Agricultural Sciences at the
U. Christian Albrecht, in Kiel, Germany (1980). He returned
to Chile, where he serves as Director of the Department
of Instrumental Analysis at his alma mater, the University
of Concepción.
Edmundo Bordeu Schwarze
An agronomist with University of Chile (1971), Bordeu
earned his PhD at UC Davis (1990). Further qualifications
include a National Diploma in Enology and Professional
Wine Tasting Diploma from the University of Bordeaux
2 (1978). Bordeu is currently the Undergraduate Director
in the Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry at the Pontifical
Catholic University of Chile.
Mauricio Lolas Caneo
After earning a degree in Agronomy at the Pontifical
Catholic University of Chile, Lolas went on to earn an MSc
at Oregon State University, USA, and a PhD in Philosophy
from the University of London, UK (2001). Today he is an
Associate Professor at the Agricultural Sciences Faculty,
School of Agriculture at the University of Talca.
DIRECTOR AND RESEARCH STAFF
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STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Through strategic alliances and agreements with presti-
gious institutions, the CII will seek international networks
to promote activities, projects and programs to strength-
en its work. The creation of these global relations will be
managed in the same Center, establishing institutional
contacts to develop joint research projects and other
forms of cooperation with international universities and
related institutions.
CURRENT AGREEMENTS
Vinos de Chile R+D Consortium: The company partici-
pates in research and development programs through the
Vinos de Chile R+D Consortium, projects that have been
identified and prioritized by the industry itself.
Mercier Groupe: Since 2001 Concha y Toro entered into
a long-term agreement with Mercier-Groupe, the largest
producer of vines in France. The “Technical Assistance
and Supply of Goods Agreement” provides wide-ranging
technical support with regard to the production of grafted
plants. It also enables access to top quality clones, which
today form the basis for Concha y Toro’s production of
plants.
UC Davis: Concha y Toro forms an alliance with UC Da-
vis (USA) for joint research by establishing the “UC Da-
vis LINC-Life Sciences and Innovation Center” in Chile,
financed in part by the Innova Chile Committee’s “Inter-
national R&D Centers of Excellence for Competitiveness
2.0” program.
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The Concha y Toro Center of Research and Innovation is
located in the heart of Maule Valley, one of Chile’s premier
wine regions. Plantings of over 31,800 hectares (approx.
78,500 acres) of grapevines account for about 25% of the
total area.
The Center for Research and Innovation lies about 20 ki-
lometers (just over 12 miles) from the city of Talca, in the
district of Pencahue. The CRI is strategically located 2 kilo-
meters (just over one mile) from the Rauquén greenhouse,
created in 1999 to produce all new plantings for Concha y
LOCATION
Toro vineyards. The CRI is also adjacent to Concha y Toro’s
Lourdes Estate, which covers an area of 1,089 hectares
(about 2,690 acres) of vineyards, making it Concha y Toro’s
single largest wine estate in Chile.
Maule has played a fundamental role since the earliest
days of Chile’s centuries-old history of viticulture. Today
the region is home to thousands of producers, suppliers
to the wine industry and academic institutions catering to
the vini-viticultural business. This privileged position gives
this Center a fundamental advantage for the dissemina-
tion of its results, research and new knowledge.
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EXTENSIONCENTER
Tasting and sensory
experience room.
Auditorium,
Extension Center.
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Concha y Toro’s new Center for Research and Innovation rep-
resents a major commitment in terms of corporate social re-
sponsibility and community relations.
Research undertaken at the CRI will be published and dissemi-
nated. At a local level, the CRI enables Concha y Toro to expand
its support for, engagement with and contributions to the local
economy, employees, fellow producers, suppliers, academic
institutions and the surrounding community at large.
Also, the laboratory will be open to the industry, expanding the
available analysis offer, with certifications and high precision
equipment.
Thanks to partnerships and agreements with Chilean and over-
seas universities, the CRI will function as a vital participant in
diverse fields of groundbreaking international research. This
includes the establishment of an internship program for em-
ployees and academic researchers. Students at local technical
schools and universities will also be offered opportunities to
study and undertake internships at the CRI.
The CRI is destined to play a key role in Concha y Toro’s increas-
ing emphasis on corporate social responsibility, and research
and development. Emphasis at the CRI will be placed on a
heightened exchange of knowledge and skills.
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Pocoa Estate (no number), Road K-650, Camino (road)
Rauquén-Corinto (Town of Pencahue, Talca).
(+56 2) 2476 38 31 · [email protected]
Pocoa Estate (no number), Road K-650, Camino (road)
Rauquén-Corinto (Town of Pencahue, Talca).
(+56 2) 2476 38 31 · [email protected]