Decanter - Down To Earth
The concept of ‘regenerative viticulture’ goes beyond organic and biodynamic practices, aiming to replenish vineyard soils and even mitigate climate change – producers around the world are increasingly buying into the philosophy
At Chêne Bleu in the Vaucluse in southeast France, Nicole and Xavier Rolet spent years regenerating land around a medieval priory. Nicole feels they ‘kind of wrote the songbook on regenerative viticulture’. They are convinced that healthy bee populations play a key role in the productivity and resilience of vineyard ecosystems, boosting biodiversity by spreading natural yeasts and cross-pollinating plants.‘Microbiomes are credited with transmitting a sense of place to grapes, so if that is important to you in wine, you must allow the ecosystem to flourish,’ she says.
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