August 2019

Plea for PIWIs - wines with a future

Report in the magazine BIO Aktuell

PIWI symposium in Switzerland
Organic winemaker Roland Lenz
Pioneer Valentin Blattner

René Schulte, editor of BIO Aktuell:

“PIWIs could [...]

CO2 and crop protection savings through PIWI cultivation by Fred Strasser

F. Strasser, Dipl. Ing Agr [...]

Produce residue-free wines with PIWI grape varieties from Valentin Blattner

Valentin Blattner, vine grower, Switzerland [...]

Current PIWI grape varieties from HBLA and BA for wine and fruit growing in Klosterneuburg

Donauriesling, Donauveltliner, Muscatel flowers and Pinot nova

Dr. Ferdinand Regner, HBLA Klosterneuburg, Austria

Contact: Ferdinand.Regner@weinobst.at

As a breeder of the Donauriesling, Donauveltliner, blossom muscat and Pinot nova varieties, we have a range of varieties, [...]

Pioneers honored - 20 years of PIWI International

Katrin Wetzig's report in the newspaper Sarganserland

On Saturday, August 10th, 2019 the 39 founders of the “Working Group for the Promotion of Fungal Resistant Grape Varieties” will be in Quinten in the “Schifflände”. [...]

1st international PIWI symposium on 9.8.2019 in Wädenswil (Switzerland)

Table of contents of the conference proceedings

The new grape varieties for the 21st century
Prof. Dr. Peter Schumacher, ZHAW Wädenswil
20 years of pioneering work by PIWI-International eV
Josef Engelhart, President PIWI-International
CO2 and crop protection savings through PIWI cultivation
Fredi [...]