🍇🍷 Viti-Culture, the eBulletin for Viticulture from Soil to Cellar, Issue 45, 1st Oct 2022
PUBLISHED ON
11th January 2023
CONTENTS
- Grapevine Events – The Farmers Ball
- UK: Government freezes alcohol duty, sets out “transitional measure” for wine duty reform
- UK: What are the transitional measure for wine duty reform?
- UK: Alcohol Duty Reform – consultation response and draft legislation published and a small producers survey launched
- UK: Truss plans to expand seasonal farm labour scheme welcomed
- UK: Chapel Down reports strong sparkling wine growth in 2022 half-year results
- UK: Gusbourne aims high with English sparkling wine at £195
- UK: UK wine producers tap into tourism trend as cellar door sales spike
- Sustainable Wine Summary
- New edition of English Wine by Oz Clarke OBE out now
- FRANCE: Fermentation underway in Champagne for “solar” 2022 vintage
- FRANCE: New spacing rules for vines approved in Champagne despite vocal opposition
- ITALY: “World’s smallest vineyard” sells wine at US$5,000 a bottle but doesn’t want you to drink it
- US: Oregon’s newest winery
- CHILE (in the UK): Garage Wine Company launches Old-Vine ‘Revival’ project in UK
- CHINA: World’s second largest wine museum set for 2024 opening in Beijing
- Showbiz & Wine: Brad Pitt launches skincare range using ingredients from Rhône Valley vineyard
- Showbiz & Wine: Cameron Diaz adds a Cabernet to her Avaline wine brand
- Showbiz & Wine: Scott Disick to launch Champagne in US
- WATCH: Andrew Catchpole, Editor of Harpers with Enotria&Coe: sowing the seeds of sustainability in its DNA
- INSIGHT: Drinks hold out over food in cost-of-living crisis
- KNOWLEDGE: Different approaches to Pinot Noir
- TECHNIQUE: Making and amber wine from piwis
- INSIGHT: What happens if you stop treatments for a year?
- PRODUCER: Grapes are not the only fruit – the story of Chandon Garden Spritz
- Gullands – Farm safety reminder
- WineGB: Sustainable wine GB update
- WSET: Busting wine industry jargon, virtual open day, upcoming webinars
- Guest Vineyards – Updates from Alder, All Angels and Oatley Vineyards
- Classifieds – bulk wine wanted, the latest jobs available, property for sale
