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A high-tech puppet in the vineyard
In tomorrow’s world, four masts fixed on removable bases could divide your vineyard plots into squares. At the top, winches would wind and unwind cables that would move a platform to which you would attach your mechanical weeding, hoeing or spraying tools. You could call it a kind of high-tech puppet.
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Man arrested after bizarre wine tanker heist
A Californian man has been arrested after he climbed underneath a moving wine tanker in his underwear, unscrewed a valve, and proceeded to drink from the vessel.
Amerika, het land van de ongekende mogelijkheden.
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Chianti Classico’s Eccentric Aristocrat
How the noble Castello dei Rampolla was shaped by a winemaking legend, stolen vines and a far-out priest
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South African Wine Harvest Report 2020: Great season, remarkable wines
South Africa’s 2020 wine grape crop will bring exceptional wines to consumers, following favourable conditions throughout the season. This according to the South African wine industry’s annual Wine Harvest Report 2020.
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Beaujol-eh? Take a look inside Scotland’s growing wine industry
Where some have tried and failed, others have flourished with top-quality products.
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Clean Power of Pisa Trumps Chianti
It's the Italian wine region few have ever heard of, so how can it be better than Chianti?
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The latest news from Italy’s wineries and wine groups
We spoke to a selection of Italian wineries and wine groups to find out their latest news and how they are coping during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Infographic: the chemistry of Sauvignon Blanc
It’s Sauvignon Blanc day! Here’s a nice infographic from the Bragato Research Institute on the chemistry of Sauvignon Blanc:
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Friday Read: Climate change creeps up in Burgundy
Rising temperatures coupled with sensitive Pinot Noir spell change for the Burgundian hierarchy, as James Lawrence reports.
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Charity auction | Bordeaux steps up with generous contributions
Having taken quite a hit during the current crisis, with the all important primeur events cancelled for the season, some 70 Bordeaux properties have nonetheless stepped up to the plate to participate in the charity auction that is taking place at iDealwine in aid of France’s carers.
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Hunting Burgundy vineyards: Domaine de la Commaraine’s ‘rebuild’ plan
Domaine de la Commaraine has bought several parcels of vineyard in the Côte de Nuits, including premier cru vines, as part of ongoing plans to ‘rebuild the historic estate’.
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Grapes without glyphosate
Moving toward IPM for weed control requires diversifying herbicides.
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During the Renaissance, Drinking Wine Was a Fight Against Physics
Successful sips were signs of nobility.
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A wine bottle that’s flat out different
Jason Sych puts the flat wine bottle through its paces, to see if it does what its creator promises it can do.
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Everledger Launches Anti-Tamper Bottle Closures for The Wine and Spirits Industry
Counterstrike the counterfeiters: intelligent bottle caps unite blockchain and NFC technologies to help global brands tackle the estimated $3 billion in counterfeit wine.
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Report extract: An outlook for Bordeaux 2019
Bordeaux’s pricing of new releases has historically shown little correlation to the movements of the physical market. Release prices have instead been influenced by quality and quantity considerations and the critical view. Using the average Wine Advocate score as a proxy, the chart below shows a marked difference in the pricing of “on” and “off” vi
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A Rare Trifecta for Vintage Port
Several top Port houses make history with a third straight vintage declaration for the 2018s
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Revealed: Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year 2020 winners
A portrait of two German Pinot Noir winemakers from the famous wine estate Meyer Näkel has won this year’s Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year competition.
Prachtig huis, Meyer Näkel. Geweldig restaurant en meer dan voortreffelijke en betaalbare wijnen. Ook in het restaurant. Wat een mooie doorleefde kop heeft de dame links.
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How Ernst & Young study shows the carbon benefits of cork closures
When it comes to the cork industry’s challenge to win the closures battle, one enormous boost has come in the findings of a Lifecycle Assessment study by Ernst & Young, which shows as scientific fact how cork stoppers can reduce by a quarter the total carbon footprint of an average bottle of still table wine and by almo
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What is a Beautiful Wine (2)
This post continues my series on whether the millennia-long debate over the nature of beauty can give us important insights into wine quality. (Part 1 is here)
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Nitrogen in viticulture and winemaking: an exploration from vine to bottle
Besides that which is essential for photosynthesis, namely carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight, grapevines also require a range of nutrients in order to grow, survive and prosper. These nutrients are split into two groups depending on scale of requirement, macro and micronutrient, the former being those required in larg
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Why the Wines of the Future Will Be Made From Hybrid Grapes
Most of the wines drunk today are made from a single species of grape vine, Vitis vinifera. Through time, various crossings — both accidental and deliberate — have given rise to thousands of different varieties from this species, each with its own unique flavor signatures and preferred habitats. So we have the likes of Pinot Noir, Cha
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CIVB wins lawsuit on fake Bordeaux wines
The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIV has won its case against a Chinese wine company for trademark infringement at the Shandong Provincial High People's Court.
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Brettanomyces spp. control: a research-winery crosstalk.
The Brettanomyces spp. contamination during winemaking and its persistence in the cellar have a detrimental effect on the high-quality wines and produce economic losses worldwide. The Brettanomyces spp. wine spoilage is largely due to the volatile phenols (VPs) production with a depreciation of the wine bottles.
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How well do you know the common European wine-making regions?
There has been much talk over the years of an over-supply of wine in Europe, which has recently been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is perhaps less well-known that the European Union has been steadily reducing its vineyard area since 2007.
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Scottish Archaeologists Discover Ruins of Massive Lost Wine-Bottle Glass Factory
Bottled up for a century, the Edinburgh glass factory once churned out 1 million units a week—and may have helped shape the modern wine bottle
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Ten years on: Neal Martin revisits Bordeaux 2010
“Only with maturity can we really put vintages into focus and place them within the context of other growing seasons.”
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Earth Day 2020 In Champagne: How This French Region Addresses Climate Change
Climate change doesn’t impact all wine regions in the same way, and sustainability looks different in every winery and vineyard. As the world joins together to celebrate Earth Day 2020, here’s a look at how the growers and houses in France’s Champagne region are working with the future of the planet in mind.
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Time for France to ban 100% désherbage in vineyards
The coronavirus crisis ought to be an opportunity to reassess. Regarding viticulture it is surely time to ban the indiscriminate use of weedkiller in vineyards. Completely blitzing a vineyard ought to be now completely unacceptable.
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French Researchers Find Glyphosate Link to Breast Cancer, Leads to More Aggressive Cancer, Also Strikes Younger Women
I missed this study when it first came out, but am glad to share it this week since it's an important chapter in the medical detective novel about herbicides that we are living in the middle of.
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