Articles & Case Studies

Case study: vineyard monitoring at GusbourneSectormentor saves time, improves accuracy & supports regenerative practice Gusbourne is an acclaimed English wine estate, with two vineyard sites in Sussex and Kent.  Gusbourne wines won a record-breaking number of medals at this year’s WineGB awards, with six golds and six silvers. We have been following the Gusbourne team…

A tale of two approaches: a guest post by Joel Jorgensen (Vinescapes) A practical comparison of the financial and ecological benefits of biodiversity at two sites in the UK As a team of advisors and contract vineyard managers at Vinescapes, we are grateful to have a unique birds-eye-view of the UK vineyard sector and we’re…

Optimising your yield prediction – getting the bunch weights right! We know that counting bunches as the grapes are growing on the vines is a hugely important part of the vineyard monitoring calendar. A thorough bunch count gets you around 60% of the way to an accurate yield prediction, with the other 40% coming from…

Regenerative Viticulture Series #3 The Practicalities of Regenerative Viticulture with Dan Rinke and Luke Spalding Dan Rinke consults vineyards, orchards, wineries and cideries looking for support in converting to regenerative farming and low intervention wine making, with Art+Science+Cider+Wine Agronomy. His winegrowing career began with university studies in viticulture and plant science. After working at several…

Regenerative Viticulture Series #2 Regenerative Experiments on a UK Vineyard with Regen Ben RegenBen is an agronomist, turned farmer, turned regenerative agriculture obsessive! Ben uses biological, peer-reviewed methods to produce low intervention crops, with a clear focus on diversity and experimentation. He is keen to put fun back into farming, and share his learnings as…

Regenerative Viticulture Series #1 Building Soil Health in your Vineyard with Nicole Masters Nicole Masters is an internationally renowned agroecologist. Her book For the Love of Soil is exceptional, filled with good stories and very practical tools for taking a more regenerative approach. Nicole has also produced an online learning course, Soil Health Foundations, which…