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18th September, 2024
The SW Summary: On early 2024 harvest reports, confusion around ‘regenerative’, a potential solution to smoke taint, and...
9th August, 2024
The SW Summary: On the rise of AI, labyrinth vineyards, Tesco’s new...
21st July, 2024
The SW Summary: On shading soils, rural robotisation, anxious growers, and more
21st June, 2024
The SW Summary: On rain, drought, Champagne’s harvest action plan, and more
17th May, 2024
The SW Summary: On the impact of climate change, how bats benefit...
17th April, 2024
The SW Summary: On generational shifts in wine consumption, insetting, the campaign...
22nd March, 2024
The SW Summary: How to tackle wine’s social and labor issues, spring...
25th February, 2024
The SW Summary: On farmer protests, regenerative viticulture, packaging innovation, and more
28th January, 2024
The SW Summary: On sustainable wine bottles, lessons from mountain goats, shorter...
14th January, 2024
The SW Summary: On sustainability trends in 2024, natural remedies in the...
19th December, 2023
The SW Summary: On Napa Green’s glyphosate ban, confusion over EU wine...
3rd December, 2023
The SW Summary: On lighter bottles, the glyphosate debate, the future of...
19th November, 2023
The SW Summary: On global wine production’s 60-year low, incoming EU wine...
4th November, 2023
The SW Summary: On Champagne’s harvest crisis, global worker shortages, and the...
15th October, 2023
The SW Summary: On overhyped organics, Australia’s decarbonisation roadmap, communicating sustainability and...
1st October, 2023
The SW Summary: On modern slavery in Champagne, smoke taint research, Europe’s...
15th September, 2023
The SW Summary: On NASA technology and grape disease, financial aid for...
3rd September, 2023
The SW Summary: On the sound of soil, the search for the...
20th August, 2023
The SW Summary: On atmospheric inversion layers, regenerative viticulture, unsold wine and...
6th August, 2023
The SW Summary: On climate adaptation in Chablis, the packaging problem, Bordeaux’s...
23rd July, 2023
The SW Summary: On Australia’s low 2023 vintage, watering wine, contour farming,...
9th July, 2023
The SW Summary: On seaweed vs mildew, climate adaptation in Bordeaux, certified...
25th June, 2023
The SW Summary: On gene-editing to combat mildew, why British farmers should...
11th June, 2023
The SW Summary: On digital wine labelling, added sulfites, Scotland’s delayed deposit...
26th May, 2023
The SW Summary: On hybrid grapes in Bordeaux, sustainability disclosure standards, ancient...
13th May, 2023
The SW Summary: On Champagne’s herbicide divide, hybrid grapes, integrated pest management,...
1st May, 2023
The SW Summary: On the the future of bâtonnage, sustainable winegrowing in...
16th April, 2023
The SW Summary: On the world’s lightest Champagne bottle, Uruguay’s 2023 harvest,...
1st April, 2023
The SW Summary: On California’s organic ambitions, the booming low-alcohol wine market,...
17th March, 2023
The SW Summary: On human rights abuses in Brazil, France’s “organic crisis,”...
5th March, 2023
The SW Summary: On upcycling grape waste, Champagne’s ambition, New Zealand’s harvest,...
19th February, 2023
The SW Summary: On France’s wine oversupply crisis, olive trees in the...
31st January, 2023
The SW Summary: On the UK’s new farming system, winery impact reduction,...
22nd January, 2023
The SW Summary: On economic difficulties in Bordeaux, Misión’s revival, the wine...
8th January, 2023
The SW Summary: On new ESG regulations, mandatory wine labelling, technology in...
11th December, 2022
The SW Summary: On Champagne’s “big talk about sustainability”, vintage variations in...
27th November, 2022
The SW Summary: On floods in Australia, carbon capture in the vineyard,...
13th November, 2022
The SW Summary: On vineyard agroforestry, Mendoza’s freak frost, bees and bats...
25th October, 2022
The SW Summary: On Nordic alcohol monopolies, tracing terroir, drought-resistant ungrafted vines,...
16th October, 2022
The SW Summary: On the realities of organic, the UK’s fruitful 2022...
2nd October, 2022
The SW Summary: On appellation amendments, wine labelling, Champagne’s “blissful” harvest and...
18th September, 2022
The SW Summary: On harvests and heatwaves, Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme, Champagne’s...
4th September, 2022
The SW Summary: On insetting in the vineyard, Bordeaux’s early harvest, sustainable...
23rd July, 2022
The SW Summary: On forest fires in Bordeaux, Wine Australia’s new biodiversity...
11th July, 2022
The SW Summary: On European heat waves, capsule-free wine and cork recycling,...
26th June, 2022
The SW Summary: On sustainable development in the Médoc, a candid take...
14th June, 2022
The SW Summary: On the wine industry’s purple secret, packaging misconceptions, a...
30th May, 2022
The SW Summary: On “hybrid sparklers,” alcohol reducing yeast, sulfur tracking, and...
15th May, 2022
The SW Summary: On certifications and consumer confusion, Systembolaget’s sustainability progress, recycled...
2nd May, 2022
The SW Summary: On labor troubles in Tokaj, challenging climate conditions in...
18th April, 2022
The SW Summary: On the importance of wine technology, premium rosé bottled...
3rd April, 2022
The SW Summary: On biochar for healthier soils, California’s drought, alternative yeasts...
13th March, 2022
The SW Summary: On climate adaptation in Bordeaux, sustainability in Portugal’s Douro...
20th February, 2022
The SW Summary: On high-end boxed wine from Tablas Creek, climate-friendly winemaking,...
6th February, 2022
The SW Summary: On gene editing, recycled glass bottles, labour exploitation in...
22nd January, 2022
The SW Summary: On adapting to climate change, the realities of going...
9th January, 2022
The SW Summary: On Alentejo’s new sustainability certification, changing winds in the...
15th December, 2021
The SW Summary: On hybrid varieties, sustainable wine tourism, owls in the...
10th October, 2021
The SW Summary: On horse viticulture, changes in Champagne, refillable wine bottles,...
5th September, 2021
The SW Summary: On robots tackling grape disease, the debate on wine...
16th August, 2021
The SW Summary: On the profitability of organic farming, zero-zero wine, climate...
1st August, 2021
The SW Summary: On Martini Asti’s sustainable grapes, Chile’s new organic wine...
18th July, 2021
The SW Summary: On Austrian natural wine, the human side of responsible...
4th July, 2021
The SW Summary: On new grape varieties, LBGTQIA+ issues in the wine...
14th June, 2021
The SW Summary: On Napa Green Vineyard Certification, the blurred lines between...
31st May, 2021
The SW Summary: On Treasury Wine Estate’s net-zero commitment, HVE under scrutiny,...
16th May, 2021
The SW Summary: On chronoculture, ‘vinfluencers’, purple wine, The Future of Wine...
3rd May, 2021
The SW Summary: On Viña Concha y Toro’s B Corp Certification, climate...
18th April, 2021
The SW Summary: On fire prevention in Napa, frost damage in France,...
7th April, 2021
The SW Summary: On Brexit burdens, out of this world wines, vineyard...
22nd March, 2021
The SW Summary: On communicating sustainability, climate change and business risk, the...
8th March, 2021
The SW Summary: On inclusivity, soil biomes, communicating sustainability and more
22nd February, 2021
The SW Summary: On glass bottles, cloud seeding, sulfites and more
22nd November, 2020
The SW Summary: A call to increase diversity and inclusion in the...
8th November, 2020
The SW Summary: Berkmann relaunches Help 4 Hospitality, vegan-friendly wines, the dangers...
25th October, 2020
The SW Summary: The EU’s dismal CAP decision, the wine industry’s gender...
11th October, 2020
The SW Summary: Wine brands aiming for carbon neutrality, action to improve...
27th September, 2020
The SW Summary: The launch of the Regenerative Organic Certification, a spotlight...
13th September, 2020
The SW Summary: Record-early harvests, exclusionary wine language, alternative wine packaging formats...
30th August, 2020
The SW Summary: The high effort behind low-intervention wine, the need for...
16th August, 2020
The SW Summary: Italy’s wine windows, ongoing criticism of ‘clean wine’, questioning...
3rd August, 2020
The SW Summary: Clean wine, the toxic history of lead and wine,...
19th July, 2020
The SW Summary: UV robots treating vineyard mildew, natural wine certification, Sustainable...
5th July, 2020
The SW Summary: Paper wine bottles, the impact of BLM campaigns on...
21st June, 2020
The SW Summary: The need for a more diverse wine industry, Champagne...
7th June, 2020
The SW Summary: Harvest during a global pandemic, Merlot under threat of...
24th May, 2020
The SW Summary: Weekly ‘Climate Talks’, the EU’s greener future, bees in...
22nd March, 2020
The SW Summary: A guide to wine certification, Germany’s ice wine shortage...
9th March, 2020
The SW Summary: Nordic vineyards, the need to rethink wine packaging, and...
20th February, 2020
The SW Summary: Cork for carbon reduction, record organic wine sales in...
8th February, 2020
The SW Summary: Switching grape varieties, crowdfunding for biodiversity projects, and millions...
23rd January, 2020
The SW Summary: Patagonian vineyards, glass recycling, pinot noir from Hokkaido and...
10th January, 2020
The SW Summary: The debate on synthetic pesticides, new opportunities for East...
16th December, 2019
The SW Summary: Celebrating leaders in sustainable winegrowing, the flat future of...
25th November, 2019
The SW Summary: Key messages from the Future of Wine conference, Loire...
1st November, 2019
The SW Summary: Climate adaptation, climate impacts, WineParis on sustainability, and Portugal...
14th October, 2019
The SW Summary: Chemical bans, label transparency & ‘bad’ certification
5th October, 2019
