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PIWI Pedia by Arnold Becker

PIWI varieties from A to Z, in 3 parts

Fungus-resistant grape varieties (piwis) are currently experiencing increased interest: research is being intensified, associations on this subject are being founded and grafted vines of some varieties are in [...]

Sweden is working to get PGI

Soon, Sweden will be able to print exactly where the wine comes from. The work to obtain PGI status is in full swing.
– The idea is to divide the origin [...]

Short supply chains and the adoption of fungus-resistant grapevine varieties

Robert Fingers | Lucca Zachmann | Chloe McCallum

Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Correspondence:
Robert Finger, Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zurich, Sonnegggstrasse 33, Zurich 8092, Switzerland. Email: rofinger@ethz.ch
Funding information:
Swiss National Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: [...]

  In praise of piwis

  • Chris Boiling 2022-12-13

German winemaker Jürgen Amthor has successfully harvested his Cabernet Cortis – 95% healthy after only two sprays a year. We look at this and the [...]

Hybrids: Finding a Place

In a world apparently tiring of experts, there is at least one in the viticultural sphere that we should be grateful for. In 2020, research led by Andrew Walker, a [...]

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