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Tasting articles Wine Capital Mainz 2025 Highlights from the Sekt show, VinVin and the Biodynamic Wine Fair in Rheinhessen’s central city. In the image above we are instructed to 'Always follow the bubbles' into the Sektbörse...

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This photograph taken on March 31, 2024, shows a view of flooded vineyards due to the overflowing of the Vienne river, in Chinon, western France. More than a hundred people were evacuated from their homes in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, and a kayaker was reported missing in Haute-Vienne, following heavy river flooding in west-central France since March 30, 2024. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP) (Photo by PASCAL LACHENAUD/AFP via Getty Images)
Wine news in 5 Spain's heat and France's floods, Majestic's wine-bar acquisition, natural fungal controls A new study suggests that local fungi fare better than fungicides when combating grapevine-trunk diseases, Majestic acquires Vagabond, and other... Read more
Soter Vineyards at morning; photo by James Pipkin
Tasting articles Soter Vineyards – a retrospective A legendary influence on Oregon Pinot Noir and sparkling wine, seen through wines spanning 25 years. Above, the estate bathed... Read more
neat rows of vines at Grgich in Carneros, California
Wines of the week Grgich Hills, Fumé Blanc Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Napa Valley A timeless California classic made with future-focused farming. Above, Grgich's 34-acre (14-ha) vineyard in Calistoga. From $26.95, CA$40, £45 (RRP... Read more
Sam Cole-Johnson and Paul Dolan
Free for all Paul Dolan 1950–2023 Sam Cole-Johnson and others celebrate an inspirational figure in organic, biodynamic and regenerative viticulture. In 1976, Paul Dolan graduated from... Read more
Biodyvin tasting London
Tasting articles Biodyvin's biodynamic wines This Alsace-based biodynamic group is growing in size and stature, gathering top names in wine from all corners of France... Read more
Rodrigo Soto, Alan York, and terroir and soil specialist, Pedro Parra visit renowned soil microbiologist Claude Bourguignon, Anne-Claude Leflaive (who helped to spread biodynamic viticulture across Burgundy), and Antoine Lepetit (specialist in biodynamic viticulture) in 2011. Left to right: Parra, Soto, Bourguignon, York, Leflaive. Credit to Rodrigo Soto
Free for all Biodynamic viticulture in the Americas 22 June 2023 Continuing today’s biodynamic theme, we’re republishing this illuminating history free in our Throwback Thursday series. Sam has... Read more
Journalists speaking with Charles Lachaux in his bio dynamically farmed vineyards in Burgundy
Tasting articles Dom Arnoux-Lachaux 2020 – in the garden of earthly delights? An annual check-in with Burgundian wunderkind Charles Lachaux at his Vosne-Romanée estate. Above, Lachaux (centre) preaches to the press about... Read more
Tasters gathers at the Signature Wine Show pre-Prowein
Tasting articles German and Austrian wines plus French liberté A refreshingly dogma-free, wide-ranging array of wines from the annual Haut Les Vins tasting pre ProWein. In a bit of... Read more
Abbatucci vinescape
Tasting articles Dynamic biodynamic wines Quite a collection of minimal-input wines here – mainly French but do take a look at the Spanish ones. Above... Read more
Soil samples at Quartz Reef
Free for all Farm like there's no tomorrow The answers really do lie in the soil. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The... Read more
Shuttered Ch de Serame
Free for all The Ch de Sérame dream The d'Exéa military family of Narbonne is pouring at least €10 million into turning one of the Languedoc's biggest estates... Read more
Aymeric Izard and Anne Besse in Amazonian forest
Tasting articles Ch de Sérame's early offerings A 600-ha estate in the northern Corbières is being ambitiously and ecologically transformed by Aymeric Izard and Anne Besse, seen... Read more
Old Peach Trees in our Vineyard, San Julian
Free for all WWC22 – Melanie Hickman This entry to our 2022 writing competition offers an interesting perspective on sustainable viticulture in Rioja. For more great wine... Read more
Grosset in BD vineyard
Max on Oz Grosset – a biodynamics sceptic converted The vineyards, and wines, of Mount Horrocks and Grosset have been revolutionised, much to Jeffrey Grosset's surprise. Stephanie Toole lifts... Read more
troon cover
Free for all WWC22 – Jeff Burrows This addition to our 2022 writing competition is one of several to discuss Troon Vineyard's impressive work in the field... Read more
Inkwell - direct-drill seeding
Free for all Over the rainbow – sustainability and farming systems Tamlyn writes Dudley Brown, winemaker, winegrower and husband of Dr Irina Santiago-Brown, who was the guest judge for our 2020... Read more