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Relying on past habits is no longer enough, climate change makes it essential to adopt preventive measures and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

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What is the Academy 4Grapes?

The Academy 4Grapes  is an advanced training course in viticulture, teaching you how to connect wine to the vineyard with a more integrated and synergistic approach to viticulture.
This online school was created to train professionals specializing in monitoring, with the aim of having greater knowledge of their vineyard by putting the person at the center with an active role, aimed at increasing their qualitative potential, reducing management costs, and limiting environmental impact.

Why did I found the
Academy 4Grapes®?

Climate change is radically transforming the wine sector, putting those of us who dedicate our lives to viticulture to the test. Relying solely on tradition can be risky: modern vineyard management requires a precise method to tackle the increasing complexity and adapt with new strategies and agronomic techniques.

At the Academy 4Grapes, we bring SCIENCE to the heart of viticulture. Through constant updates, we transform scientific research into practical solutions for the vineyard. We start with the essentials: learning to observe the vineyard methodically and attentively. Only with concrete data in hand do we teach you how to address critical issues correctly and strategically.

Here’s what to expect: a method that will open your mind and provide you with scientific knowledge, moving you away from ready-made solutions. You will be the one to take your decisions confidently and competently.

 Giovanni Bigot

Why choose Academy 4Grapes?

Knowledge is freedom. Knowing how to observe and interpret the signals your vineyard gives you is essential for making informed, targeted decisions.

With increasingly unpredictable growing seasons, only those who deeply understand the complexity of the vineyard system can effectively intervene on every quality parameter, directly influencing the grapes’ quality and, consequently, the wine.

Take control of your decisions without relying solely on those who try to sell you prepackaged solutions. Learn to observe, deduce, and act with skill and precision. 

The Man* at the center of the vineyard.


Regain the ability to OBSERVE in order to pursue a viticulture that can adapt. New technologies and external data are indispensable tools that help us detect information about the vineyard, but above all, we emphasize the importance of those who are in the vineyard. The monitoring surveys will even more influence our ability to propose a unique solution tailored to your specific vineyard. 


*homo sapiens sapiens

How did the idea for Academy 4 Grapes come about?

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Who is it intended for?

The course is aimed at all those who enjoy tasting, understanding, and talking about wine through the vineyard.
In previous editions of the Academy, participants have included owners and operators of wineries, viticulture technicians, agronomists and oenologists, consultants active in different regions, officials from companies producing plant protection products, and university students.

Requirements

Passion and desire to make wine production increasingly sustainable.
The course is aimed at anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of viticulture.

Objective of the course: understand why great wine comes from the vineyard

The ultimate goal of the Academy 4Grapes is to help you acquire both theoretical and practical skills necessary to act independently, to observe in detail the vineyard being monitored in order to determine the health of the grapes and, at the end of the program, to assess its production and quality.

In addition to this, the Academy 4Grapes will teach you to understand why great wine comes from the vineyard. The 3rd level, in fact, is dedicated to the connection between wine and vineyard. We will taste together the wines obtained with the Indice Bigot and discuss them with various experts from the wine world through the qualitative parameters of the vineyard.
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How is the Academy 4Grapes organized

The Academy 4Grapes is structured into 3 levels of online training and 3 live training days at the end of the III level. The lessons are divided into sections followed by question-and-answer reviews to reinforce the concepts of the lesson.
After each lesson, there is an hour of live debate with the instructor.

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Duration of the single course

30 hours for the 1st level, 20 hours for the 2nd and 3rd levels. Each participant will be able to attend the lessons according to their own schedules.
The live meetings with the teacher will take place once a week. The three live days at the end of the course will take place in February 2026.

Start of the course

The start of classes is scheduled for November 6, 2025.

What do I get

Upon passing the exam, you will receive a Diploma of monitoring and you will become a "Ampelonauta" of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level.

Who is the "Ampelonauta"?

The one who observes the single vine to know it and understand its needs.

What do I find in the Academy 4Grapes

Course

online course with video lessons and 1 live meetings per week with Giovanni Bigot. At the end of level III, two live days are planned with Giovanni and other monitoring experts.

Tutor

4Grapes® tutor to contact for doubts or questions during your monitoring in the vineyard

Technical sheets

the sheets for monitoring with unpublished content in support of the app4Grapes®

App 4Grapes

subscription Worldwide, for one year, to the app 4Grapes®

Immersive 360° videos

360° vineyard video - a way to have the vineyard at your home at any moment and in every season of the year

Community

a community of "Ampelonauti" passionate and fond of the vineyard and monitoring where to exchange information and find job opportunities

The teacher: GIOVANNI BIGOT

Agronomist researcher since 1998 and owner of Perleuve, a consulting firm for some of the best wineries in Italy, France, and Slovenia. Creator of the Bigot Index, an index of the qualitative potential of the vineyard, expert in organic viticulture and Sauvignon (Chairman of the tasting jury at the World Sauvignon Competition and co-author of the book "La Coltivazione del Sauvignon in Friuli").
Trainer in numerous courses dedicated to field experimentation and innovation in viticulture and external lecturer since 2010 in the Organic Viticulture Defense course at the Agricultural Faculty of Udine and from 2022/23 in the vineyard monitoring course. Author of more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including texts dedicated to the knowledge of the vineyard and the study of its biodiversity. Promoter of sustainability and research projects in viticulture. Creator of the app 4Grapes, a tool for intelligent vineyard monitoring.
Finally, a rugby player, a sport that inspires him in tenacity, passion, and strength useful to motivate his team and collaborators, and a lover of great wines. In his work, he enjoys applying the “Lean philosophy” (in 2018 he completed the Master in Lean Management at Cuoa in Vicenza) of continuous improvement.

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Team

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LEVELS OF  ACADEMY

2.485

SLIDE RESULT OF 25 YEARS OF RESEARCHslide frutto di 25 anni di ricerca

4.200

HOURS OF LIVE AND RECORDED TRAINING

862.400

DATA COLLECTED BY 4GRAPES

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