Instead of parachuting in a highly-rated Pinot Noir clone into a vineyard, winemakers in New Zealand should use mass selection more readily to discover the vines that are already performing best in their own soils, believes winemaker Larry McKenna of Escarpment.
Such is the complexity of irrigation management in Chile’s Maipo Valley, Almaviva’s Michel Friou would rather leave the decisions to God.
Languedoc estate Mas de Daumas Gassac has signalled a "new phase" in its viticultural work with the introduction of horse ploughing on its best vineyard plots.
