Focus on soil shows in the wine

A two-hour seminar on soil biology was a revelation to Chris Figgins, who promptly began transitioning his vineyards to a more biologically oriented viticulture system. Figgins, viticulturist for Leonetti Cellars in Walla Walla, Washington, believes now that when people refer to conventional farming they’re really referring to chemical farming. Conventional farming is what his grandparents used to do many years ago before the introduction of chemical fertilizers. His goal is to be using no chemical fertilizer in his vineyards in ten years’ time, and to have the vineyard become a self-sustaining system with nutrient recycling. Leonetti farms about 200 acres […]