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Winespeak: vine body parts

14/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

It’s high season for pruning vines in Switzerland, the job grape growers say determines whether or not they will have the best possible grapes. I spent a chilly afternoon learning to prune vines.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Wineries Tagged With: grapevines, Kellenberger, pruning, the landscape of Swiss wine, Vin d'Œuvre, vineyards, winter vineyard work

Spring cleaning in vineyards: growers go after tiny mites

25/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mites are back, thanks to global warming, and that’s not good news for winelovers. Cheer on those growers out among the vines in coming weeks, as they go after the cheeky little pests who party in hordes and destroy young growth on vines. The problem is that mites love dry, hot summers, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: ACW, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, global warming, grapevines, insecticides, pesticides, pests, predators, Swiss federal agricultural research station, Switzerland, Valais

“25 years of sexual confusion in Switzerland”

11/08/2011 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – The headline from Bern, “25 years of sexual confusion in Switzerland” is a clear winner for waking up editors, but those in the world of wine will be less surprised than others: sexual confusion aimed at grapevine pests has significantly reduced the use of chemical insecticides. The sexual confusion method used by […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: grapevines, insecticide, nematode, pheromones, sexual confusion, Switzerland, use, widespread, world leader

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