Upon purchasing Weingut Immich-Batterieberg in 2009, Gernot Kollman’s first act was to abruptly end forty years of herbicide use in the vineyards and initiate organic practices. In just three years ...

Walking through Joseph Cattin’s Le Clos Madelon Alsatian vineyard, it’s hard to imagine it once being a World War I battleground. The fully covered ground is soft, sponge-like under foot. Chickens ...

Wine producers are fond of saying the soil of their vineyards speaks for their wines. The adage is so worn out that we rarely report it. It would take a producer growing wines in the worst possible ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study tests whether hemp is an effective plant for intercropping between wine grapes to increase soil health and potentially add another cash ...

Winemakers are flocking to vineyards planted on red soils, prizing the iron-rich basalt, weathered over eons, for the ...