Organic farming

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 – premier grand cru classé in Pauillac in the Medoc and first of the premier grand cru classés to be certified organic-  are proud to share that they are now certified [...]

Sulfites in wine – what it is and why you should care Sulfites are added to wine as a preservative. Sulphur dioxide (sulfites) is used in the wine as a preservative and as a cleaning agent [...]

501 cow horn silica biodynamic preparation The 501 cow horn silica biodynamic preparation is one of the two key preparations that must be used for a farm to be certified biodynamic. It is used to [...]

  What is biodynamics? And Homage to Pierre Masson Biodynamics is a way of farming that respects life forces. The father of biodynamics was Rudolf Steiner who gave the Agriculture course [...]

Pesticides distort the taste of wine A french scientist and a chef have published a book about their experiment to discover how pesticides distort the taste of wine Do pesticides distort [...]

‘Happily we don’t drink from the streams,’ and other crazy stuff ‘Happily we don’t drink from the streams,’ – said our local agriculture representative [...]

Global glyphosate statistics cause for alarm Herbicide specifically glyphosate use grew more than 10 times in 20 years.  The global glyphosate statistics are cause for serious concern. In 20 [...]

Critters at Chateau Feely do it in style Chateau Feely organic and biodynamic farm vineyard and organic gardens are bursting with lusty life. Walk through the vineyard and the grass around your [...]

The animals at Chateau Feely provide services and entertainment and they are photogenic   Chickens that eat insects, scraps and provide eggs, a cat that keeps the rodents down (if you read [...]