Antipodean winemakers are still breathing fresh air into the stuffy Old World of wine. Monty Waldin reports
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Making the transition from wine writer to viticulturist was a leap of faith for Monty Waldin. What could he expect from his new hilltop vineyard in the Pyrenees?
… Monty Waldin | 1st April 2008 Ethical Living Wine Biodynamics Organics France Farming Biodynamics Organics Wine Beer And Cider Biodynamics Green … green living.jpg Making the transition from wine writer to viticulturist was a leap of …
The UK's first biodynamic sparkling white wine is available in time for Christmas. Hazel Sillver visited its creator, Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard in East Sussex, to find out more.
… Ethical Living Organic Farming Biodynamic Wine bb-pruning.png Pruning vines at … The UK's first biodynamic sparkling white wine is available in time for Christmas. Hazel … the long magical process of turning into wine, and neatly tied, ready for the winter …
Eco-labelled wine corks have just hit the market in a move to protect cork forests, which are threatened by a switch to metal screw top and plastic stoppers
… Corked? 7th August 2007 News Cork Wine Eco-label Forests Farming Agribusiness … Farming News web pic 2_66.jpg Eco-labelled wine corks have just hit the market in a move … is the first to produce cork oak wine stoppers that are Forest Stewardship …
Monty Waldin's thirst for good wines leads him to visit a biodynamic farm. More than just a load of bull, he finds, making rich, complex wines requires quality cow manure
… Monty Waldin | 2nd March 2009 Ethical Living Wine Biodynamic Farming Biodynamic … Biotechnology Farming Green Living biodynamicwineii.jpg Monty Waldin's thirst for good wines leads him to visit a biodynamic farm. …
Once again, Monty Waldin gets down on his hands and knees to pay homage to the cosmic forces bringing flavour and strength to biodynamic wine
… Monty Waldin | 3rd March 2009 Ethical Living Wine Biodynamic Farming Biodynamics … bringing flavour and strength to biodynamic wine For three days last autumn, during a seminar in Woolwine, Virginia, on how to make biodynamic …
Advanced molecular genetic techniques are allowing scientists to breed disease resistance from wild grape varieties into susceptible domestic cultivars used for making wine, writes Andrew Walker. And it's all being done by conventional plant breeding accelerated by the use of DNA markers - with not a GMO in sight!
… domestic cultivars used for making wine, writes Andrew Walker. And it's all being … markers - with not a GMO in sight! Growing winegrapes may be the most backward form of … thousands of available grape varieties. The wine industry is convinced these …
While households and small feel the brunt of California's drought, it's business as usual for agribusiness, writes Will Parrish. And despite the 'first user' principle that determines water rights, the state's indigenous tribes and the wild salmon on which they depend, have been left high and dry. The Public Trust Doctrine could change that - but only if the people demand it.
… conference in Geneva last year. Water into wine, wine into money On the surface, the State … these tributaries have seen an explosion of wine-grape plantings in the past several …
Fruit and veg box schemes used to be the preserve of ‘deep-greens’. Now everyone’s in on the act, however, is green shopping becoming greenwashing, asks Matilda Lee
… selling everything from cleaning products to wine. There are now approximately 550 box …
How we farm matters, writes Pat Thomas - not just for water, insects, birds and the wider environment, which benefit from organic farming, but also the nutritional value of our food. It's time to value the quality of what we eat, instead of prizing quantity above all.
… vegetable and grains (as well as baby foods, wine and seed oils). Had the authors also …
It sounds like a modest ambition: France wants to raise the amount of carbon in its soils by 0.4% a year, writes John Quinton. But that represents a vast amount of carbon, and its capture into soils will bring a host of other benefits. We should all get with the program!
… We should all get with the program! French wine lovers have always taken their soil very …
A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from coarse switchgrass, rather than using food crops like maize, writes Tim Radford. It does this by 'digesting' the tough cellulose that yeasts are unable to break down.
… yeasts turn barley into beer or grapes into wine. "Given a choice between teaching an …
California's worst drought on record is far from over, writes Kieran Cooke. But while residents are getting used to dusty cars and parched lawns, the state's massive agricultural sector is still growing water-intensive crops like rice. How crazy is that?
… pretty robust and, despite the drought, our wines have been some of the best ever over the …
What with rising rainfall in the west, and hotter, drier summers in the east, British farmers place plenty of challenges from global warming, writes Anna Bowen. But there are also positive opportunities for agricultural innovators to adapt their farming systems to changing conditions, make their operations more resilient and sustainable, and make themselves part of the solution.
… sectors, for example an increase in domestic wine production or the lengthening of grazing …
The tree-clad hills of Spain's Sierra de Huelva retain their beauty, wildlife and traditions, writes Jan Nimmo, who has speant a decade exploring the area on horseback. Just one thing is missing: the throngs of people that once inhabited and managed the land.
… afford rural tourism, jamón serrano or fine wine with corks. The cork industry is under … by petro-dollars - and New World and European wine makers whose corporate lobbyists have …
The TTIP 'trade agreement between the US and the EU would devastate EU farms as it opens them up to competition from larger, less regulated US operations, writes Dario Sarmadi. This is the conclusion of a new study to be published tomorrow, which also finds that small-scale farmers would be the first to go - with the big winners the large agri-food corporations.
… are threatened, as well as corn farmers and wine producers. "The same goes for the major …
For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court.
… Monsanto informational evening where you are wined and dined. A lot of people are also …
The 'cancer industry', including charities with close links to chemicals corporations, is always keen to blame cancer victims for their morally deficient lifestyles, writes Colin Todhunter. But the real fault lies with the commercial interests touting bad food, nutritionally unbalanced and laced with toxic agrochemicals - like the ubiquitous glyphosate - and their residues.
… that causes obesity or drink a glass of red wine a day to keep the doctor away. The Chief …
In California, water no longer runs to the sea - it runs towards money, writes Will Parrish. Most of the state's water is already controlled by agribusiness elites. Now, backed by politicians, they are planning to grab the little that's left, leaving nature and indigenous communities high and dry.
… out of existence thus underway, the premium wine industry began to reemerge here. Today, …