The rootstock of the future are Italian

«About 600 cuttings of "M rootstocks" departed from Rauscedo with destination University of Bordeaux and University of Rioja, which asked permission to graft them with the main varieties of the two great European wine regions»; was announced by Attilio Scienza, world–renowned expert and promoter of research on rootstocks, and Marcello Lunelli, Chairman of Winegraft, the start–up promoted by nine large Italian wineries. Tempranillo in Spain, Cabernet and Merlot in France will be the vines that will find dwelling in the experimental vineyards that will be planted in the coming autumn with the new generation of rootstocks, intended to replace those currently used «which are showing important limits to the pressure of climate change as well signs of fast decay».