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Finger on the pulse of powdery mildew
The words “powdery mildew” are enough to send fear through any grape grower. It is the stuff of sleepless nights and money down the drain. But it doesn’t have to be! After a tough few seasons, with the sexual phase of powdery mildew (Chasmothecia) giving us an extra enemy to consider, and, the loss of […]
Read more >The urgent need to embrace new varieties
Joël Rochard points to a map of France, at Champagne. Could Syrah grow here one day? “It is not unimaginable,” he says. Rochard is the national expert in sustainable development at the French Institute of Vine and Wine, based in Epernay. In addition to looking at sustainable production methods, an important part of his work […]
Read more >Wine tourism goes digital with wine paths
“I have 12 businesses and this is the most complex I have ever done,” Ste´phane Tillement says. “If I didn’t drink too much champagne I would have never done it.” Tillement owns French travel agencies specializing in wine travel and was inspired to create Wine Paths after clients repeatedly asked him for recommendations when planning […]
Read more >Raising the game
Compared with most vineyards in Europe, a vineyard at 1,500m altitude is colder, while air composition can be different and sunlight intensity is higher, especially in semi-arid climates. But so far, European viticulturists have tended to discard the influence of altitude on aromas and flavours, believing than any effects are simply due to the cold. […]
Read more >Cava producer turns down takeover bid
Major Spanish Cava producer Codorníu has rejected a takeover bid by US fund The Carlyle Group, but said it was open to offers from a potential minority partner, according to reports in the local press. The Carlyle Group had proposed that it acquired a majority stake in the company only months after Codorníus rival Freixnet […]
Read more >Rutherglen High Country Harvest to boost tourism
Visit Victoria confirmed in February it would commit $75,000 a year over three years to develop the High Country Harvest. The program of more than 50 events offers visitors the chance to sample local produce and meet the growers and producers. Tourism North East chief executive Amber Gardner said Visit Victoria had confirmed the importance […]
Read more >Tassie’s Best Vineyard 2018 award winner
Tasmania’s Best vineyard has been named with everything from management and nutrition through to disease control impressing the judges. Jansz Parish Vineyard at Penna in the Coal River Valley, has been awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania 2018 Tasmanian Vineyard of the Year award. Source, Triple M
Read more >Napa, Sonoma wineries are pouring
Blazing yellow mustard flowers that herald spring have returned to garnish the hillsides and flatlands of Napa Valley and Sonoma County, the heart of California’s wine country and American wine culture in general. The blooms flourish in contrast to the perception “that the wine country was destroyed, the wineries were all destroyed, the vineyards were […]
Read more >Have high acid wines finally burned out?
There was a time when the single most popular phrase among a certain subset of wine drinkers was “high-acid.” Exhausted from the uber-ripe, fruity, and boozy juice of the previous era, many sommeliers and wine professionals began extolling the virtues of high acidity in the mid-2000s. Granted, it’s hardly controversial to assert that acidity is […]
Read more >Australia’s success in China
At the start of this year, the trade organisation for the Australian wine industry set out major investment plans for China, as sales to the country surged by 63% by value in 2017. Then, in March, Wine Australia appointed David Lucas to the newly-created role of regional general manager for Greater China, further signalling its […]
Read more >First Rosé made in D.C. for decades
On April 22, District Winery is throwing a party to unveil its 2017 dry rosé, an easy-sipping, crisp and acidic pink wine with notes of strawberries and green fruit. The real occasion for celebration, though, is that this is the first wine to be produced and sold in the District of Columbia since Prohibition. Source, The […]
Read more >Third party quality control in Penglai, China
Penglai in China’s eastern Shandong province has introduced a third-party assessment organisation to evaluate the city’s 55 wineries for food safety related issues especially targeting fake wine made with toxic chemicals that pose potential health hazards. Source, Drinks Business
Read more >Industry reviewing irrigation methods
Irrigation New Zealand’s biennial conference this week attracted more than 400 representatives including local and regional councils, farmers, experts, and environmentalists, all wanting to discuss the industry’s future. “We as farmers need to take some responsibility and accountability for that and lead the charge of cleaning up our own environment,” said James Dicey from Mount […]
Read more >Riverland grapegrowers important meeting
Even if you are not one for meetings, this one is important. Riverland winegrowers need to be there in numbers. The Wine Grape Council is coming to town with a roadshow. There will be plenty of guest speakers to discuss future outlooks on a range of topics but most importantly, the Council Chair, Heather Webster […]
Read more >Vintage 2018 at Wingara Wine Group
Vintage is over for another year and we have some terrific wines from the 2018 harvest. Here is a summary of the season from our grapegrowing and winemaking teams at Deakin Estate and Katnook Coonawarra. Source, Wingara Wine Group
Read more >Teroldego triumph: Fruitful in WA
It all started with a crush. A wine crush, of course: purely professional admiration. Back in the 1990s, when he was working at Cape Mentelle in Margaret River in Western Australia, winemaker John Durham read about Elisabetta Foradori, the charismatic young owner of a family wine estate in Trentino, northeast Italy, who was helping to […]
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