Viticulture

I would really like to retire on a vineyard in Southern Africa one day. Imagine ending a long day of farm work with a cool glass of Chardonnay on a porch overlooking the vineyards in the fading light of a beautiful sunset… Ahhh, bliss… But maybe we don’t need a…

Previously, I wrote about Taiwan’s ability to thrive in premium, high quality coffee production due to the advantageous and improving growing conditions. Many similarities to the tea plant’s ideal growing climate were shown as well as unique geographical features that promote optimally grown coffee beans. To complete the “nectar of…

A French startup trying to help develop a more sustainable viticulture industry. — VitiBot is a French industrial company founded in 2015 by young engineers who are passionate about robotics and which now has about fifty employees. This startup from Reims manufactures electric vineyard straddlers with the vocation to work in complete autonomy. …

Mistaken identity is not that unusual in the wine world, and it also seems to be very difficult to establish the origins of many varieties 🍇 But you’d think that it’s going to be easy with a hybrid grape bred at a German viticulture research institute just a few decades…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology — Giorgia Bagagiolo, Istituto per le Macchine Agricole e Movimento Terra (IMAMOTER), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Danilo Rabino, Istituto per le Macchine Agricole e Movimento Terra (IMAMOTER), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Marcella Biddoccu, Istituto per le Macchine Agricole e Movimento Terra (IMAMOTER), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

From Firenze University Press Journal: Wine Economics and Policy — Eduardo Haddad, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo (USP) Patricio Aroca, Business School, Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) Pilar Jano, Business School, Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) Ademir Rocha, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo (USP) Bruno Pimenta, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo (USP)