Your trainer for this course will be Alain Corbonneau. Alain Carbonneau was born in Marseille France on 17 May 1948. He achieved classical studies in Marseille, mostly oriented towards literature and philosophy. From this period, he kept the attraction for culture and poetry. Then he moved to the scientific field and chose Biology and Agronomy, because he wanted to work in relation to nature and to invest himself in useful activity. Finally, he was attracted by Viticulture because that represents a synthesis of his whole background. He was graduated Engineer in Agronomy Master of Science of the Agro Montpellier Grande cole in 1971. He entered INRA National Institute of Agronomical Research in 1972 at the Station of Viticulture in Bordeaux. He developed studies of grapevine Ecophysiology, discovering major relations between canopy architecture microclimate vine Physiology responses berry and wine quality. He defined some methods and models to measure the potential of quality in vineyards, and applied his results to the elaboration of new training systems, the Lyre vine at first. He was graduated Doctor in Viticulture and nology in 1980 at the University of Bordeaux 2 on the basis of 7 years of research. From that point he extended his research on grapevine Ecophysiology and canopy management to different varieties, climates, terroirs, and socio-economical situations. That allowed him to deal with complex interactions and to become a specialist of Viticulture as a whole. On that occasions, he developed many contacts with the professional sectors and co-operations at the international level. He launched and coordinated different study groups in France, Europe and in the world such as the GESCO grapevine training systems study group. He was in charge of national responsibilities at INRA in relation to Viticulture. He got an international recognized reputation for his scientific and technical competences, and for his ability to organize common projects. In 1992, he was graduated at the highest degree Habilitation Diriger les Recherches at the University of Bordeaux 2. In 1993, he decided to move to Montpellier to win the chair of Viticulture of Agro Montpellier which is the most famous in France. Since that date, he is the Professor of Viticulture of Montpellier SupAgro new name of that Grande cole, as the result of the integration of temperate and tropical Agronomy. He teaches grapevine Ecophysiology, Climatology, Terroir Sciences, Canopy Management, Integrated Cultivation Technics, general and worldwide Viticulture. He re-organized the Specialization of Viticulture and nology for Engineers, launched and managed the French and then the European Master Vinifera in Viticulture and nology. He is also teaching in some Universities in the world Europe, Latin America, Lebanon, Turkey, China. He also pays attention to professional education and transfer operations towards growers. He launched and was the first Director of IHEV high study institute on vine and wine in Montpellier. His research on grapevine Ecophysiology and Cultivation Technics was deepened under Mediterranean conditions in relation to the study of the adaptation of Viticulture to the climate change, particularly to water limitation. He defined the basis of the functioning of the whole plant as a system of biological triptychs dominated by the regulation of water limitation. He quantified the optimal range of water limitation for expressing the typicity and the quality of wines. Based on his experience of wine sensory analysis, he developed a model of grape berry maturation in relation to wine typicity which is the basis to express the characteristics of different terroirs. He has now a huge experience on terroirs in the world. In total, he is the principal author of almost 500 publications, including 200 in international scientific reviews, and books. He is the Director of the traditional review of Montpellier campus le Progrs Agricole et Viticole. He got several awards and recently the title of Professeur classe exceptionnelle. He is in charge of international contacts and does on average one official mission per month in all viticultural countries. He is the President of the new GiESCO Group of international Experts of vitivinicultural Systems and Co-Operation. Finally he is also a vine-grower and consultant for 6 vineyards in the world. For him, his implication in such vineyards is a great challenge to produce original and top quality terroir wines, as the result of science, technology, art and culture.