As ambassadors of Peter Michael Winery, we have asked ourselves about the reasons of the success of the company during such a global crisis. How has the company been so successful during this tough p.
American Society for Enology and Viticulture Honorary Research Lecture to Explore a Path for Vineyards to Adapt in Rapidly Changing Environments
Davis
, Calif., May 20, 2021…The American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) is pleased to present this year’s Honorary Research Lecturer,
Dr. Hans Schultz of Hochschule Geisenheim University in Germany. Dr. Schultz will be presenting the 2021 Honorary Research Lecture, “
From Canopy Systems to Water Relations to Climate Change – An Unsteady Path in an Ever Changing Environment,” at the 72
nd ASEV National Conference on Thursday, June 24, at 11:15 a.m. PDT.
Dr. Schultz is the founding president of Hochschule Geisenheim University in Germany. He grew up in Germany’s Moselle-Valley, where his parents owned a small family-operated vineyard and winery. He received a bachelor of science degree in viticulture and enology from Geisenheim in Germany in 1983, a master of science in ho
Photo courtesy of Norwegian Wine Federation
Five years ago, Klaus Peter Keller led a tasting of his Spatbürgunder, or Pinot Noir, from Germany. He was showing off how the cold climate created beautiful expressions of the variety and, at some point, made an offhand comment that stood out long after the fact.
“I planted a vineyard in Norway.”
Fast-forward to today, and Keller’s vines there have yielded several vintages of Riesling. Wines from Norway, along with those from Japan, Bolivia and ever-growing swathes of British Columbia, Canada, testify to transition afoot. As the climate changes, so does the number of winegrowing areas. These four regions represent new frontiers of viticulture and, in many ways, prove that the future is now.
Champagne houses have earned a reputation for over-the-top gift packaging, wrapping their cuvées in everything from a
Jean-Paul Gaultier red-leather corset and
Paco Rabanne chain mail to
Lady Gaga sculpture. But Ruinart Champagne recently announced a more minimalist though no less impressive approach: Its Second Skin, a new form of eco-packaging that replaces gift boxes for its 750ml non-vintage blanc de blancs and rosé bottlings.
The distinctive wrapper is a 100 percent paper case molded to the shape of the bottle. It’s plastic-free, entirely recyclable and approximately nine times lighter than the gift boxes previously used by Ruinart. The paper is sourced from certified ecologically managed forests in Europe, and the cases are also produced in Europe, by James Cropper and Pusterla 1880, without using any air freight. All these factors ultimately reduce the Second Skin’s carbon footprint by 60 percent, particularly notable since gift-boxed wines currently account for
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