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...In 1999, he quit his job to advise local Friuli growers....
...It has a nice selection from Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Washington’s Columbia Valley and the Finger Lakes region of New York, which produces excellent Riesling (a personal favourite is Hermann J Wiemer’...
...Soil, often degraded by decades of agrochemicals, is becoming the new focus of vine-grower attention....
...Ramirez, who made wine at famed Rose & Arrow in Oregon....
...Everything they sell is outstanding, though their filled chocolates are my favourite, especially the Piedmont hazelnut praline and Sicilian pistachio....
...He says: “Spending time on the ground in Oregon and hanging out with the growers after-hours means we get on the inside track and get tip-offs about the most exciting estates.”...
...It combines new arrivals from breeders and growers with brief practical advice about how and when to germinate them....
...Open Wednesday to Saturday What to drink: Grower champagne....
...But as Italy’s hazelnut industry ramps up, there is added pressure on the growers to maintain high-quality supplies. “The market has to be fed constantly....
...Whereas those outside France can carefully choose where to plant their Pinot Noir vines, growers in Burgundy are stuck....
...Growers are now earning recognition for the distinctions of terroir, climate and strain, and California state is awarding “appellations” to such growers just as it does for vineyards....
...“My absolute favourite celebratory drink is grower champagne with a glass of sipping mezcal on the side,” he says....
...“Everyone from growers of olives to blueberries to hazelnuts have been in touch. All those sectors are facing a labour shortage issue.”...
...In his book about fungi, Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake spoke to growers including Dr Charles Lefevre at New World Truffieres in Oregon....
...for drinkers and growers alike, transforming local economies....
...In that meeting, Kenya agreed to adopt a phytosanitary protocol that would allow American wheat growers in Washington State, Oregon, and Idaho access to Kenya’s $470m wheat market for the first time in over...
...A Financial Times investigation found that coffee growers received on average 1p from a £2.50 cup of coffee....
...The growers of the Finger Lakes have a tougher time of it than those of Ontario, because their bodies of water are far smaller. Not that anyone in either region has an easy time....
...Oregon to the north seems to be living up to its reputation for grey skies and rain — quite a contrast to the unusually hot growing seasons experienced recently....
...And at Pepo Farms, Australia’s only pumpkin seed growers, I take an extra large handful of their chocolate-covered variety....
...The plight of farmers in Oregon, hard-hit by plummeting prices after a glut in supply, underlines the localised nature of the industry....
...UK Tillandsia growers Love Tillys sells everything needed to get started....
...Less explicable is the increasing number of wine growers, including some of the most revered, who are adopting the even more demanding protocols of biodynamic viticulture....
...Also at about this price is the Spätburgunder “S” of another famous Riesling grower, Klaus Peter Keller of the Rheinhessen....
...Rather than selling inoculated trees from their nursery, which is in Oregon, directly to growers, they would partner with clients, providing fungus-loaded saplings at near cost, as well as expertise, technical...
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