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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 [...]

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 [...]

What is organic farming? Simply put it is: – no chemical fertilisers – no herbicides or chemical weedkiller – no systemic pesticides (no systemic insecticides and no systemic [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It is a wonder that these incredibly delicate shoots that could be knocked off with a light touch of the hand or a hailstorm or a frosty morning will be robust canes filled with leaves and life [...]

‘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 [...]

Spring feelings of joy and schizophrenia The last two days of spring sun have filled me with spring cleaning energy and joy at daffodils, blossom, birdsong, at bright green bursts dotted with [...]