Video: Regenerative approaches at Domaine Lafage, Roussillon: trialling biochar and resistant varieties
I meet with Antoine Lespès and Jean-Marc Lafage to hear about their regenerative approaches. They have been trialling biochar, a
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Video: visiting the innovative regenerative block at Greystone Wines in North Canterbury, NZ
Jamie Goode visits Greystone Wines in New Zealand’s North Canterbury wine region, where he meets Liam Burgess and Dom Maxwell,
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Prospects for disease-resistant varieties in Marlborough and elsewhere: will we soon see Cloudy Bay Sauvignon made from a PIWI?
Jim White from Cloudy Bay presented at the 2025 Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference on the topic of disease-resistant grape
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French Bloom, a high-end alcohol-free sparkling wine that’s the most convincing product in this space yet
Website: https://uk.frenchbloom.com/ Non-alcoholic wine is currently a topic of intense interest in the wine industry. Many think that drinking habits
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Controlling redox potential during fermentation: groundbreaking work from Roger Boulton and colleagues that deserves some attention
Roger Boulton, emeritus professor from University of California Davis and one of the great authorities on wine chemistry, gave a
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Vite Maritata: growing vines on trees, and tasting the Lèmme Lèmme from Buondomo
It was a real treat to taste this wine while I was in Tuscany, having seen one of the vineyards
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Making art from smell: the peculiar and wonderful Osmodrama
Website: https://osmodrama.com/ Smell is an underrated sense. It’s often relegated in the hierarchy of senses to the bottom rung, but
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New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive
Website: https://feltonroad.com/ My second day in Central Otago was all about Felton Road. I’ve visited before, but this was an
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California exploration: Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine with Mikey and Gina Giugni
https://www.scaroftheseawines.com/ https://www.ladyofthesunshinewines.com/ I first met Gina and Mikey Giugni in London in June 2023, when they came to show their
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Cork versus screwcap: a major tasting including older wines, with some interesting results
This was an amazing tasting, hosted by Stephen Browett of Farr Vintners, comparing the same wines sealed under cork and
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