Re: BD Viticulture Quotes wanted
Dear Hilary, Yes Please. I have a friend here in N.Z. whouses Bio Dynamic technics on his vinyard. They make very good wines. Cheers, Bacchus - Original Message - From: Hilary Wright To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 7:32 AM Subject: Re: BD Viticulture Quotes wanted . If you're looking for more general wine writing on BD, my book The Great Organic Wine Guidecontains a chapter of 5000 words of introduction to BD from a grape grower's perspective. I'd be happy to email that chapter to you as a Word attachment if that would be useful. Regards, Hilary
downy mildew
[EMAIL PROTECTED] commented the other day on pumpkin patch gone bad to downy mildew. Well we just finished having our first real rain of the summer, 'bout three or four inches over three days. I had sprayed 501 on what was left of the pumpkin vines and the secondary leaves are coming up and looking very good. I guess the pumpkins will continue to grow. I hit the patch with a dose of bc/500 combination spray in sequence with the silica, we will see how the fruit holds up...SStorch
Re: dandelion wine
Thank you Sharon for sharing! My first gift of wine was from a landlord in the catskills who makes all their own wine from flowers locally: violet, rose, dandy, elder, elder port, etc...that was an awesome wine tasting and I sure did realize how precious the dandy wine was. I have a more primitive recipe I use from Susun Weed's book which is good, but I seem to have strayed a bit last year from the instructions I think, cause my wine is a bit overly sweet, but efficacious anyway! I especially appreciate that when I am drinking a spot of dandy wine, that I am HELPING my liver out!! Thank you for your recipe, Jane From: kentjamescarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 23:04:48 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BD Viticulature Quotes wanted/ change to dandelion wine if someone gives you a bottle you now know how precious it is. my first bottle of wine i shared with my husband was some homeade dandelion wine. it's like bread though every batch is different. good luck :0sharon--
Re: BD Viticulature Quotes wanted
Thanks, Geoff - If anyone has the time to run these down and post them to the list or send them directly to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], I'd really appreciate it. -Allan Allan, some books immediately come to mind, with fairly extensive BD passages in them: Patrick Matthews, Real Wine Patrick Matthews, The Wild Bunch Clive Coates, Cote D'Or Anthony Hanson, Burgundy (2nd Edition) - This one is definitly out of print. There's also been an extensive spurt of aticles over the past 18 months in most of the important consumer wine mags, from Decanter on down. The current Wine Spririt special issue out of the stands on tasing wine terroir has a large section on BD and other medthods of viticulture. There's also an article or two in the Wine Business Monthly archives on the web. Cheers, Geoff Heinricks
Re: BD Viticulture Quotes wanted | Organic vineyarding
Here's some related resources on organic grape production and vineyarding; which you can poke through; a post I compiled for Sanet. We're in the process of updating the organic fruit production materials at ATTRA so I've been on the web identifying key resources. A lot of research goes into this sort of collection; for example, finding noteworthy English papers on organic viticulture buried inside a German language website. You will notice BD practices employed: herbal teas and plants extracts as a form of disease control, etc. Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:14:59 -0500 To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Steve Diver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: USDA-OIG request for information | Organic Grapes Viticulture http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0207L=sanet-mgF=S=P=22691 Regards, Steve Diver ATTRA
FW: [globalnews] The Sun and the Soul
Title: FW: [globalnews] The Sun and the Soul THE SUN AND THE SOUL What then is the light of the sun? It is the shadow of God. So what is God? God is the sun of the sun; the light of the sun is Deity in the physical world, and Deity is the light of the sun above the intelligences of the angels. My shadow is such, O soul, that it is the most beautiful of all physical things. What do you suppose is the nature of my light? Do you love the light everywhere above all else? Indeed, do you love the light alone? Love only me, O soul, alone the infinite light; love me, the light, boundlessly, I say; then you will shine and be infinitely delighted. MARSILIO FICINO So remember to do your sunrise meditations . . .or sunset, or even at noonday. Ask the sun to fill you with the light that creates and sustains the universe, with the love that motivates the sun to give freely of its light, with the suns wisdom that enlightens philosophers, mystics, and alchemists throughought the ages. Curtis -- Be the change you want to see in the world. --Gandhi
woodchips/regeneration
Robin, Lloyd, Roger Gil Have thoroughly enjoyed all of your comments and knowledge on this topic. Most of which have lead to further questions for myself. Gil I would be interested to know how you are going about your research in this area. My thinking is not using sawmill waste, but more focused on the leaf litter, which seems to be an integral part of the Aussie bush. Leaf litter is in abundance in some areas which have not had fire go through for many years. Gil, does the fire kill off the fungi bacteria or does encystment occur? The life that I see grow from leaf litter cultures never ceases to amaze me, then to find out that we are only aware of about 10% of the bacteria fungi residing in Australian soils, makes me realise it is an area that is just beginning to get recognition. Robin has triggered yet another question. Seeing Eucalypts use a lot of phosphorous, is this not another solution to one of our major problems with our cultivated soils? Millions of tons of phosphorous locked up in our soil. Can't help but wonder would Eucalypts help that, or does it have to be unlocked before they can utilise it? Hence the research on white lupins to unlock the phosphorous. Have had heavy rain for the last hour, which will produce fungi of another kind, Slippery Jacks and Saffron Milk Caps for tea tonight. (Might as well make the most of the pines while they're here) Hoping the rain is widespread. LL Liz
Re: downy mildew
The in spray for downy and powdery mildew in Oz is milk. Dilute ten to one with rain water and spray as one would any such spray. Is proving more effective than chemical fungicides, with no apparent side effects. It is being used commercially and in home gardens. Can be full cream or fat reduced, fresh or powdered. Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] commented the other day on pumpkin patch gone bad to downy mildew. Well we just finished having our first real rain of the summer, 'bout three or four inches over three days. I had sprayed 501 on what was left of the pumpkin vines and the secondary leaves are coming up and looking very good. I guess the pumpkins will continue to grow. I hit the patch with a dose of bc/500 combination spray in sequence with the silica, we will see how the fruit holds up...SStorch
Re: downy mildew
In a message dated 9/5/02 7:42:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The in spray for downy and powdery mildew in Oz is milk. Dilute ten to one with rain water and spray as one would any such spray. Is proving more effective than chemical fungicides, with no apparent side effects. It is being used commercially and in home gardens. Can be full cream or fat reduced, fresh or powdered. Thanks Gil, I will try it, but I will stir it in the machine for twenty minutes first. Please define the geographic region that is OZ...thanks, SStorch
Organic Biodynamic Viticulture resources, Part I
This is a follow-up to the BD-Now post titled: Re: BD Viticulture Quotes wanted | Organic vineyarding 05 September 2002 http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2002/bdnow/msg04160.html Some of these organic viticulture resources are *very* good. You will also find BD mentioned here and there, especially in the European literature. These resources are so good they are worth summarzing in a new light; this time with a view towards key resources that address production of organic vineyards and wines, and also those specifically embedded with BD research, practices, and qualitative insight. Steve Diver ATTRA http://www.attra.ncat.org === Part I: The IFOAM Proceedings === Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Organic Viticulture IFOAM | August 2000 | Basel http://www.soel.de/inhalte/publikationen/s_77.pdf 263-page PDF An IFOAM proceedings; a core resource in the organic viticulture literature. Includes quite a papers on the status of organic viticulture in Europe, New Zealand, and South Africa. They provide very good insight into acreage, trends, cultural practices, disease control practices, and organizational contacts. + Note to Allan Balliett: See Appendix I from the paper titled Organic Viticulture in Europe, on page 28, regarding the relative positive attributes of an organic wine. + Note to Allan Balliett: Also see page 61 in the paper titled Organic Viticulture in Greece, regarding the discussion on Concerning the real organic quality. Again, the IFOAM papers provide deeper levels of insight as to what constitutes quality typical of the organic and biodynamic family of agriculture. + Plant Protection in Organic Viticulture in New Zealand. Pages 65-68 See notes on biodynamic cultural practices. To produce the best wine you have to have the best grapes. To really attain the best grapes then they must be grown organically or better still bio-dynamically, and this has to embrace the three-folding order - environmental, financial and social. + Comparisons of Chemical Analysis and Biological Activity of Soils Cultivated by Organic and Biodynamic Methods Claude Bourguignon and Lydia Gabucci | France | pages 92-94 Contains some very interesting notes on BD viticulture. Though, it appears several pages of figures and tables featuring research results listed in the paper appear to be missing in this web version. This is a significant paper on biodynamic viticulture. Soil analysis results suggest the biodynamic method has a strong influence on soils which can be expected to extend to wine quality. Differences were found between two plots where organic and biodynamic methods were used: The difference between organic and biodynamic method was caused by the use of bio-dynamic preparations applied on the soil, on the leaves of the vines and on the compost used for fertilization. Yet: The same quantity of 5 tonnes / ha of compost was used on the two plots. Those are remarkable findings. The discussion provides these remarks: *If these results can be confirmed on other soils of wine yard it could be possible to conclude that biodynamic method has a strong influence on the bioavalability of soil elements. *The hypothesis which can be developed on the action of biodynamic method is the rhizospheric effect. *The wine send in its roots sugar and proteins through the sap. *These roots excretions are able to induce rhizospheric micro-organisms activity. *These microbes are responsible of the oxidation and chelation of soil nutrients which become water soluble and them assimilable by plant roots. *More experiments are necessaries to confirm or firm this hypothesis. + Function of the Soil in the Expression of the 'Terroir' Claude Bourguignon and Lydia Gabbucci | France | pages 101-103 When you get into terroir, you are touching on the integration of deep soil psychology and soil health. This is where biodynamic vineyarding, soil quality, berry quality, and wine quality really comes together. This paper is a must read for organic and biodynamic vineyardist. Less chemicals and more life in our wine soils must be le motif of the future wine makers. + Next, the two papers in sequence by Robert Bugg + Richard Hoenisch from UC-Davis on cover cropping and Clara Nicholls and Miguel Altieri from UC-Berkeley on biodiversity and biological insect control both belong in The Organic Vineyardist's Library. Cover Cropping in California Vineyards: Part of a Biologically Integrated Farming System | page 104-107 | Robert L. Bugg and Richard W. Hoenisch Plant Biodiversity and Biological Control of Insect Pests in a Northern California Organic Vineyard
