ALIVE! Meet Claude and Lydia Bourguignon - terroir experts

ALIVE! Meet Claude and Lydia Bourguignon - terroir experts

Claude and Lydia Bourguignon are soil microbiologists who travel the world advising winemakers on soil and terroir. At Alive! they will be discussing why soil life is critical to terroir, using their work in Chile as a case study. Why do you think the importance of a healthy soil is

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ALIVE! Hiroki Fukuoka - How to farm without farming

ALIVE! Hiroki Fukuoka - How to farm without farming

Hiroki is the grandson of the late Masanobu Fukuoka, a Japanese farmer and philosopher who wrote the seminal book 'The One-Straw Revolution', which has been translated into 30 languages around the world. The 10-hectare  family farm, Fukuoka Masanobu Natural Farm, is located in the Shikoku Region in southwestern

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ALIVE! Nicolas Joly - biodynamic pioneer

ALIVE! Nicolas Joly - biodynamic pioneer

Nicolas Joly is a world-famous biodynamics practitioner and wine grower from the Loire. He is the founder of La Renaissance des Appellations. His talk at Alive! will be titled 'Let's Return to the True Taste of Wine', during which he will explore the true concept of

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ALIVE! Tony Juniper - What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?

ALIVE! Tony Juniper - What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?

Tony Juniper is a campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser and a well-known British environmentalist. He is currently Chair of Natural England and was former Director of Friends of the Earth. Tony is the author of many books, including 'What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?'. Join us for RAW

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Why Aren't All Wines Vegan?

Why Aren't All Wines Vegan?

Why aren’t all wines vegan? At first glance, this seems a simple question. After all, it’s just fermented grape juice. But exploring the topic in greater depth is a dizzying and fascinating experience - exposing key issues around ethics, ecology and the role of animals in the vineyard.

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Features / Winemaking
Iago Bitarishvili - His Philosophy

Iago Bitarishvili - His Philosophy

Iago Bitarishvili runs Iago Winery in Eastern Georgia, where he makes his wines in kvevries (a.k.a. qvevries). Here is a sample of his winemaking philosophy. "My wine tells a story about the location of the vineyard. About the grape variety. It's a local grape variety.

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Microbio Wines - The Ancient Vines of Ismael Palomo

Microbio Wines - The Ancient Vines of Ismael Palomo

Ismael Gozalo Palomo runs Microbio Wines - a winery located around 900m high in the centre of Spain. Ismael looks after many ancient, pre-phylloxera vines - some nearly 300 years’ old. 85% are Verdejo; the remainder are Tempranillo, Merlot and Shiraz. “We are located in the center of Spain in

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Christian Binner - Natural Wines in Alsace

Christian Binner - Natural Wines in Alsace

The domain Christian Binner, located in the Alsatian heartland, has been in the same family since 1770. “It was five hectares when I began ten years ago; now we are 15 hectares. We grow the typical grape varieties in this area: mainly Riesling - because we love this grape variety

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