Locust Lane Grapes

One of the world’s top vineyards, Pontet Canet in Bordeaux, has decided to embrace both old and new methods to making wine as part of a ‘green’ experiment. The owner, Alfred Tesseron, believes that natural soil, nutrients and minerals makes a superior wine, so has subsequently made the following changes to his vineyard:

• Replacing noisy, polluting tractors and ploughs with horses pulling colourful, lighted carts
• Eliminating the use of artificial pesticides and fertilisers
• Installing solar panels to generate energy

The big question is: will this experiment work and more importantly, will all these changes make the wine taste better?

Filed under: General on April 23rd, 2010