By Grant Rolston, Vinewise Viticulture This blog will be short and sweet as there was not a lot happening in the vineyard during September. The School House vineyard site is not overly vigorous, like most in Central, and heavy weed competition causes problems with vigour, soil moisture and vine health. Some here have tried undervine […]
The Winemakers’ Perspective By Sascha Herbert and Christopher Keys, Gibbston Valley Wines Being attracted to organic farming is a natural part of caring about how we live and maintaining the earth’s resources. This green attraction drives us to search out better business models that consider the environment, how we use resources and how to use […]
By Caine Thompson, Viticulturist, Mission Estate Leaving as minimal impact as possible on the land is what has drawn me to organic winegrowing. As intensification of farming systems has increased we need to balance this with further care and attention of our plants and soils. If this can be achieved under an organic system with […]
By Jacqueline MacLaurin, Viticulture Technician, Wither Hills It wasn’t until I was attending our first block course for the Taruna College Certificate in Applied Organics and Biodynamics being held in Marlborough this year, that I realised how many winegrowers are involved in organics, both from company and privately owned vineyards. It’s great to see Marlborough, […]
