Winegrowing

Frost April 7, 8 and 13, 2021 – impact and assessment Many of our mailing list subscribers (signup here) and readers have reached out about the frosts that hit France in the last week. [...]

Harvest whirlwind In this post Caro Feely shares some photos and impressions of harvest 2020. We started almost a week earlier than ever and finished a week earlier than ever. Whirlwind is the [...]

Grape Vine Flowering In this post Caro Feely, winegrower, author and certified wine educator, describes grape vine flowering in detail with the aid of photos. It’s late May / early June and [...]

In this time of biodiversity loss it is even more important to keep areas of wilderness and conservation Isabella Tree’s book Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm has experienced massive [...]

Proliferation of environmental terms in wine – confusion for consumers Standard question when I walk into a wine store or restaurant. ‘Do you have any organic wine?’ ‘Yes; [...]

Great Wine Capitals – International Conference wine, environment and society The conference on wine, environment and society on 5 November 2019, created by the Great Wine Capitals team with [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Press Release 4 February 2019 Chateau Feely launches Organic and Biodynamic Education Trail Château Feely enhances its commitment to the environment with an organic and biodynamic education trail [...]

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 [...]