Libro: Regenerative Viticulture: Second Edition, Black and White version

Viticulture is at a crossroads.

In the light of climate chaos, there is a need for vineyards that are more resilient, and which are truly sustainable.

Regenerative viticulture holds promise for creating vineyards that are self-sustaining ecosystems, through the intelligent use of a toolkit of approaches.

In this scientifically based but accessible book, Jamie Goode takes us on a tour of this new way of running vineyards. After perspective chapters looking at the context of modern agriculture (how we got here), there is an introduction to soil carbon and organic matter, followed by a discussion of soil biology.

The bulk of the book consists on chapters on each of the elements of the toolkit, including

Cover cropping and mulching, weed control and no-till, composting, biochar, agroforestry, incorporating animals, regenerative hydrology and new vine material.

This is an almost completely new version of the first edition, which was the first book on this subject. It captures a fast-moving viticultural landscape and is full of examples from around the wine world.