Video and gallery: Festival del Potatare, the Simonit & Sirch pruning festival 2024
I’m just back from the Festival del Potatare, the second edition of the pruning festival organized by industry leading pruning
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Wine Science
Bad news from the Okanagan and other regions in BC, Canada: no grapes to be harvested in 2024
Some bad news from the Okanagan Valley in Canada, the country’s second largest wine region. This is a region that
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My science CV
After reading a recent book review that questioned my scientific credentials (I don’t think they were aware of the first
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Are pesticide levels in wine something we should be concerned about?
Advocacy group Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) do some good work. We need independent bodies that campaign for food
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New research suggests that it might be quercetin, not sulfites or biogenic amines, that are responsible for the headaches some people experience after drinking red wine
Some people suffer from headaches after drinking even a small amount of red wine. Usually for these people, the response
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The New Viticulture is now out, and I think it’s my best yet, with a video explaining the contents
Today I have launched my new book! I mentioned in Regenerative Viticulture that this was on the way: I said
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Curetage: vine surgery for Esca in action, with François Dal
Curetage (also referred to as curettage) is the name for a special sort of vine surgery that was invented in
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Beaujolais adventures (4) Château de Javernand, Chiroubles
Pierre Prost (pictured above) is an articulate advocate of agroecology, something that he’s implementing in the vineyards of Château de
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Matthiasson: a masterclass in modern viticulture with Steve and Jill, plus tasting their wines
Steve Matthiasson is a farmer first, winemaker second. With his wife Jill, they look after several vineyards in Napa and
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Grafted versus ungrafted vines: Francs de Pied re-open the debate
There’s a new organization in the world of fine wine. It looks a bit like an elite members club from
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