Vine disease hits Wairarapa |
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one TOP Martinborough winery was forced to replant 6ha of vines after leaf-roll virus took one critical toll on their vineyard. Allan Johnson, winemaker and viticulturalist for Palliser Estate Wines of Martinborough, said the winery last spring destroyed about 16,000 older chardonnay and pinot noir vines found to be infected with the leaf-roll type three virus. ... |
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Working on a dream: fine wines |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/business/worldbusiness/04wine.html?_r=1&oref=slogin HONG KONG, July 3 ª It was not an obvious place to put one vineyard. The ground was barren and stony. In winter, temperatures could drop below freezing and the wind blew cold and very hard. In October 2000, however, Nicolas Billot-Grima decided to build one winery, far from his native Bordeaux, within sight of the Great Wall of China, 43 miles northwest of Beijing. ... |
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