Organic farming

Great Wine Capitals – International Conference wine, environment and society The conference on wine, environment and society on 5 November 2020, created by the Great Wine Capitals team with [...]

Chateau Feely Soirées Rosé Wednesday July 17 and July 31 2019 – 18h30 to 21h30 Chateau Feely celebrates the launch of the new organic trail and gourmet picnic baskets with two Rosé evenings [...]

Is organic more expensive than chemically farmed wine? On farm visits at Chateau Feely we are often asked about the cost of organic versus chemically farmed wine. Yes, on the shelf on average [...]

New Class to celebrate WSETs 50th anniversary Book your place for Wine tasting basics with WSET SAT and the biodynamic calendar Join us during WSETs 50th anniversary celebration week for a brand [...]

Reasons to choose certified organic wine – reply to Irish Times article A recent article by John Wilson in the Irish Times – ‘organic wine- is it worth the label it’s [...]

Chateau Feely celebrates 10 years organic and 8 years biodynamic Château Feely celebrates ten years fully certified organic and 8 years of biodynamic and natural wine making. Sean and Caro Feely [...]

Wine and Spirit – Soul rather than distilled What makes a wine great? A soulful inquiry into wine and the meaning of life and new year’s wishes What is it that makes our lives worth [...]

Global glyphosate statistics cause for alarm Herbicide, specifically glyphosate use, grew more than 10 times in 20 years.  In 20 years from 1995 to 2014 total global glyphosate use (agricultural [...]

Debate: Is the use of copper in organic farming ecological? Some winegrowers say organic farming is not ecological because the fungicide used by organic growers, copper, is toxic. Headlines like: [...]

Chateau Latour certified organic showing that even the greatest wines are proud to say ‘certified organic’ + cost of organic certification versus the premium for being certified [...]