Harvest herstories. A brief essay on women and viticulture in Italy

This research provides an in-depth examination of the multifaceted roles ofwomen in Italy’s viticulture industry, focusing on the challenges, stigmatizations,and “glassing” processes they face. Women are depicted not merely as laborers butas creators and stewards of diverse, often “marginalized,” spaces.Moving the discussion from the EU’s and Italian’s normative frameworks andofficial data sources, the study maps the different associations and entities involvedand advocating for women’s roles in viticulture, analyzing both production andvalorization on a national scale. It aims to offer a deeper understanding of thecomplexities which surround women’s participation and challenges in the field ofviticulture, laying the groundwork for future research and deeper reflection, especiallyin light of climate change effects.In order to contribute to the field of geography, the research highlights the spatialdimension of the intersectional vulnerability faced by women in Italian viticulture.The idea is to inspect women’s roles in the construction of alternative spaces, adding acrucial dimension (gender) into the understanding of the evolution of human geography.