Bioeconomy in the wine sector – COOPID infographic

The EU leads globally in wine production, consumption, export, and import. Winery by-products like spent grape pomace and pruning waste are valorised into high-value products, including fertilizers, closing the resource loop. CAVIRO, Italy’s largest winery and a world leader in natural tartaric acid, converts waste into energy, electricity, heat, alcohols, polyphenols, and enocyanin. Anaerobic digestion of winemaking residues and agri-food wastewater produces biogas and biomethane. The company uses 100% self-produced green electricity and is a key player in the COOPID EU Project (Horizon 2020, Grant No. 101000519).