Wine grape grower perceptions and attitudes about soil health

The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation has produced an RV Guide to help growers to implement regenerative practices and to help people find growers near them

Visconti et al., 2024 Review into soil health as it relates to vineyards, including soil degradation factors and processes that threaten winegrowing regions, successful soil enhancement practices and future research trends. The authors state that conventional viticulture has harsh impacts on the soil, degrading the soil, jeopardising its sustainability and the very nature of ‘terroir’. […]

Grower Q&A with Nick Gill, the highly experienced founding viticulturist of one of the most pioneering regenerative vineyards in the world, Greystone Wines.

Announcing the webinar with the Porto Protocol to scrutinise Robert Hall Winery’s data on their 3 year transition to RV, reports of Groundswell festival, Frederic Thomas day out, a 5 year UC Davis study into cumulative effect of multiple regen practices, the new RV hub from Vidacycle, videos on Tablas Creek and Domaine Lafage, bioindicator […]

Podcase exploring the cutting edge of regenerative renaissance in wine

van Leeuwen et al., 2024 Must read paper from leading researcher on how it is now mandatory for vineyard managers to adapt their practices in wine regions globally. Review discussing the consequences of changing temperature, precipitation, humidity, radiation and CO2 on global wine production, and exploring adaptation strategies. 90% of traditional wine regions in coastal […]

Sequel to the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground

The legendary Luke Spalding hosted our second annual vineyard visit for regeneratively minded growers at Everflyht vineyard in Sussex, England in May 2024. Growers from around the country were joined by wine makers, retailers and agronomists. Luke shared his experiences of what has and hasn’t worked for him during the previous year. Discussions included: Compost […]

This is a whopper of a newsletter full of opportunities to learn from regenerative luminaries, a beautiful film on agroforestry with Patrick Worms, insights into soil health from Bragato Research institute and more events than you can shake a stick at…

Regenerative Viticulture Q&A with Dudley Brown of Inkwell Wine, Australia’s first regeneratively certified vineyard