GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Emmanuel Giboulot, who has become a hero in the world of organic wines, was handed a €500 fine by a judge in Dijon, France Monday 7 April,for refusing to spray his wine grapes with a strong insecticide. He was ordered, along with other growers in the Cote d’Or region in Burgundy, to […]
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Vine disease carrier spreads to Valais
Incurable flavescence dorée disease carrier took 17 years to move from Geneva to heart of Valais GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A leafhopper that can carry an incurable disease which withers grapes and turns vine leaves yellow has reached canton Valais, and while it took 17 years to get there from Geneva, the news is not good. […]