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Spend a few minutes as Greg explains all the improbable coincidences that produce a "great vintage."
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Here's an interesting snippet from Provence. Here Peter Fischer, proprietor of Château Revelette talks about his organic farming, the importance of genetic diversity in his vineyards, and treating vine disease without chemicals.
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Here's Greg Moore and Peter Fischer of Château Revelette discussing the importance of organic farming in winegrowing. It's a good thing to let some weeds and wildflowers to grow among your vines - this attracts other life to the vineyards, helping to maintain balance. It's also a good idea to cut these weeds and flowers so that they can return natural nutrients to the soil.
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The work looks easy - until you realize you'll be walking up and down a 50 degree (or better) slope repeating the movements thousands of times. Here's a taste of the hard work that goes into fine wine. Also Greg gets a quick tutorial from someone who has done this for a number of years on the <a rel="nofollow" href="../../../../../blog/199/how-steep-is-that-vineyard">Halenberg,</a> one of Germany's most important vineyards.
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Greg visits the Halenberg in the Nahe with winegrower Frank Schonleber. Frank and his father, Werner have been very busy reclaiming some of the most historically important vineyards of Germany - including this, the Halenberg.
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