Wine production and technology go hand in hand to assert Portugal’s wine producing status

Portugal has a high potential to produce quality wines, especially due to its climate and geological conditions, wine variety and tradition in the sector. But if it is certain that the natural conditions have contributed to strengthen the country’s position as the 12th largest wine producer in the world [1], it is also true that combining technology and these innate factors is key to strengthen this status. Whether in controlling the quality of the wines, managing their commercialisation or classifying wine slots, INESC TEC has been working successfully with national institutions in order to optimise some factors associated with wines and vineyards. An example of a project in this domain is one that revolutionised the concept of wine slot, with an impact on the world’s oldest vineyard site, World Heritage – the WineSlot. 

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INESC TEC puts Portuguese media on the European map

INESC TEC, together with the TICE.PT – Tecnologias da Informação Comunicação e Electrónica (Centre for Information and Communication Technology and Electronics) and ADDICT – Agência para o Desenvolvimento das Indústrias Criativas (Agency for the Development of Creative Industries), created the platform “NEM Portugal,” which mirrors the European NEM (New European Media). The goal with the platform is to give voice to new media and to boost the export of Portuguese cultural products. 

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The culture of evaluation

We all know how difficult 'aestimare ingenium' is. An evaluation process implies judgment, subjective appreciation - this is not achieved by sheer number extraction from quantitative criteria. 

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