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 cultivation of fungus-resistant grape varieties
Robert Finger, Lucca Zachmann, Chloe McCallum*
The grapevine is economically and culturally central to Swiss agriculture, but it is also the crop with the greatest use of pesticides. By using fungus-resistant grape varieties [...]
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: [...]
Cooperation with wein.plus: Benefit as a member of PIWI-International!
There is a cooperation between PIWI International and wein.plus that aims to promote the association and its members on wein.plus. Utz Graafmann poses in this maximum 10-minute [...]
First Worldwide Online PIWI SUMMIT
The Green Deal, the CRISPR-Cas technique and the resistance gene in the spotlight: Are we excited or not?
As a PIWI representative in Spain [...]
PIWI in Venice – the first edition a great success
Great success for the first edition of I VINI PIWI A VENEZIA on 03-12-2022. The event was attended by 18 producers from all over Italy. Great participation of the public, the winemakers [...]
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 [...]
Diego Weber on Vinitech 2022
A few days ago I was podcasting at the Vinitech Sifel fair in Bordeaux. There I looked for exciting inventions for viticulture and produced interviews about them. Two [...]
The great challenge of the resistant vines - success for the 2nd PIWI - wine competition in Italy
The second edition of the event on the theme of PIWI vines has come to an end
The great challenge of the resistant grape varieties, success for the 2nd PIWI wine competition in San Michele
Friday 02 December [...]
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