April 2026 Newsletter

3 things to find time for:

  • Abby Rose’s incredibly informative interview with Chuck Schembre. It’ll have you pausing and rewinding every time your attention wanders here
  • The Porto Protocol’s ‘Saving Every Drop in Wine’ Water Report. Over 200 pages of solutions, with costs and time scales. Just brilliant here
  • Our blog on the impressive cover crop trials Perrier-Jouët are conducting in Champagne (spoiler alert… signs of reduced alcohol from grapes grown under cover crops) here

What’s new?

  • Santa Barbara 1BC updates
  • First field day in Sonoma, at Donum Estate

What’s ahead?

  • Launch of Mendocino 1BC at Bonterra

To read and watch:

  • Chuck Schembre interview here
  • Porto Protocol’s Water Report here
  • Perrier-Jouët’s cover crop trials here
  • Portuguese regen conference here
  • Vinexposium interview with Stephen Cronk here

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