Description

All the sites are managed using only organic methods. Organic grapes are grown without chemical fertilisers, weedkillers, insecticides and using only a very limited range of fungicides. The aim is to get as close as possible to a natural environment and cause less pollution into the water, soil and air around the vineyard (and then into the wider environment).
By focusing on care for the soil in the vineyard the vines have a balance and health that cannot come from the use of chemicals. Soil biology rather than soil chemistry is the thing. Using composts and manures encourages soil microbes, fungi and bacteria to thrive. These microbes make food for the plants.
Copper and Sulphur are used to control mildew, along with plant extracts made from seaweed, comfrey and nettles.