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Optimising your yield prediction – getting the bunch weights right! https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LukeAbby-scaled.jpeg 2560 1707 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LukeAbby-scaled.jpeg July 30, 2021 August 28, 2021

Optimising your yield prediction – getting the bunch weights right!

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 with Dan Rinke https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Dan-Rinke_575x575.jpg 575 575 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Dan-Rinke_575x575.jpg April 1, 2021 June 11, 2021

Regenerative Viticulture Series #3 with Dan Rinke

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 with RegenBen https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ben-Taylor-Davies-RegenBen-1.jpg 800 800 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ben-Taylor-Davies-RegenBen-1.jpg March 29, 2021 June 11, 2021

Regenerative Viticulture Series #2 with RegenBen

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 with Nicole Masters https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-24-at-17.45.39.png 1320 878 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-24-at-17.45.39.png March 24, 2021 June 11, 2021

Regenerative Viticulture Series #1 with Nicole Masters

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…

Why biodiversity means better terroir – Part 3: Charter for biodiversity in vineyards https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/flower.jpg 690 460 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/flower.jpg November 25, 2020 December 9, 2020

Why biodiversity means better terroir – Part 3: Charter for biodiversity in vineyards

This guest post by Hans-Peter Schmidt from the Ithaka Institute & Mythopia was originally posted on Raw Wine in 2013. Hans kindly gave us permission to share it in a three part series, and said “A few of years have passed since I wrote this, but the battle for biodiversity & terroir is still on, nothing…

Why biodiversity means better terroir – Part 2: Ecosystems, promoting biodiversity and economics https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/moth.jpg 690 460 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/moth.jpg November 9, 2020 November 13, 2020

Why biodiversity means better terroir – Part 2: Ecosystems, promoting biodiversity and economics

This guest post by Hans-Peter Schmidt from the Ithaka Institute & Mythopia was originally posted on Raw Wine in 2013. Hans kindly gave us permission to share it in a three part series, and said “A few of years have passed since I wrote this, but the battle for biodiversity & terroir is still on, nothing…

Why biodiversity means better terroir – Part 1: Life in the soil and cover crops https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/butterfly-e1601289721385.jpg 305 232 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/butterfly-e1601289721385.jpg October 15, 2020 November 4, 2020

Why biodiversity means better terroir – Part 1: Life in the soil and cover crops

This guest post by Hans-Peter Schmidt from the Ithaka Institute & Mythopia was originally posted on Raw Wine in 2013. Hans kindly gave us permission to share it in a three part series, and said “A few of years have passed since I wrote this, but the battle for biodiversity & terroir is still on, nothing…

Case Study: Adam Foden at Gusbourne Estate https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Adam-Foden-Gusbourne-1.jpeg 750 1000 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Adam-Foden-Gusbourne-1.jpeg July 31, 2020 August 18, 2020

Case Study: Adam Foden at Gusbourne Estate

Sectormentor helps link soil health to vine productivity – Adam Foden at Gusbourne EstateGusbourne Estate spans across two vineyards, one in Kent and one in West Sussex, planted with Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir. Their growing ethos is low intervention, allowing nature’s processes to work. The Gusbourne approach to winemaking is no different –…

Case Study: Matt Strugnell at Ridgeview Estate https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-25-at-11.25.34.png 543 407 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-25-at-11.25.34.png May 26, 2020 August 18, 2020

Case Study: Matt Strugnell at Ridgeview Estate

Matt Strugnell at Ridgeview Estate Ridgeview Estate is an award-winning vineyard just to the north of the South Downs in East Sussex. Ridgeview are at the forefront of English sparkling wine production, and ship their delicious wines around the world, having won several international wine trophies in the process. Matt Strugnell is the viticulturist responsible…

Case Study: Successful vintner, Will Davenport, tells us how Sectormentor helps him harvest top quality grapes https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DavenportVineyards_WillDavenport_Fellow2-2-scaled.jpeg 1920 2560 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DavenportVineyards_WillDavenport_Fellow2-2-scaled.jpeg March 10, 2020 August 18, 2020

Case Study: Successful vintner, Will Davenport, tells us how Sectormentor helps him harvest top quality grapes

Every year Will found himself struggling to keep on top of everything he needed to know in the run up to harvest to ensure they got the best quality grapes: “The ripening process is different every year and choosing picking dates can be crucial to wine quality. I was keeping data on spreadsheets to…

Reducing inputs: cover crops, mulching and biodiversity with Luke Spalding at Everflyht Vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_8675.jpg 2000 1333 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_8675.jpg October 2, 2019 August 18, 2020

Reducing inputs: cover crops, mulching and biodiversity with Luke Spalding at Everflyht Vineyard

Luke is running fascinating trials at Everflyht Vineyard, which we had the pleasure of seeing when we visited in August 2019. He sees the positive management of ecology as an investment in the long-term health of the vineyard. Improving soil carbon and biodiversity kick-starts natural cycles, building healthy soil which supports healthy vines, and healthy…

Know your Vines #9: Record harvest weights and analyse yield performance with our Harvest Tool https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_1464.jpg 4032 3024 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_1464.jpg October 1, 2019 September 9, 2020

Know your Vines #9: Record harvest weights and analyse yield performance with our Harvest Tool

In our Know your Vines blog series we share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the ninth instalment, stay tuned for more as the seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer ‘til grapes turn to wine…