Wine sediment
Wine sediment is common in red wines designed to be aged in bottle, and often is seen as a sign of quality.
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Vineyard underground
Vine nutrition is enhanced by symbiosis between vines and arbuscular mycorrhizae.
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Undervine weed control
Dry air, winter frosts, and beneficial insects make organic agriculture in Central Otago a fairly practical management tool; the outstanding proble...
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Vineyard soil sustainability
UN sustainable development goals include “to raise awareness of soil organic matter as a key attribute of soils to illustrate its importance for so...
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Divaricating plants
Imagine the Cromwell basin, a thousand years ago, before the arrival of Māori and their fires, and the later arrival of Europeans with agricultural...
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Terroir: myth or reality?
Terroir, and its expression from individual vineyards, is a topic that arouses a passionate response from almost every winegrower. Do soils really...
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Cabbage Trees at Māori Point
Cabbage trees, Cordyline australis, tē kōuka, with their tropical appearance may seem unlikely inhabitants of the Clutha basin, but they are in fac...
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