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| Issue 58: Viti-Culture Event Special No. 2 15 April 2023 |
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ABOUT VITI-CULTURE THE EVENT FOR THE WINE INDUSTRY
Viti-Culture is a one day free to attend event that focuses on technical developers, innovators, supplies and services directly or indirectly involved in wine production - from soil to cellar. We are proud to provide a showcase for interested and prospective growers to come and speak to experts and find out more about any aspect of wine production.
Whether you have an already established vineyard and winery, are looking to plant or want to invest in your own production facilities, trade exhibitors offering products and services are on-hand at Viti-Culture to provide expert advice. From vineyard consultants to land agents, specialist machinery manufacturers and dealers, winery equipment suppliers, agronomists, brand and packaging specialists they can assist on every aspect of establishing and managing a vineyard, to producing, packaging and marketing the wines. Alongside all of this, there is always a full itinerary of high quality seminars throughout the day that visitors have come to expect.
Scroll down for more information and exciting new developments for the 2023 event; including our English and Welsh Wine Fair led by our Show Patron, Oz Clarke OBE and Tom Surgey!
The GVE Team, our Sponsors and Supporters look forward to welcoming you!
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Introducing our next batch of trade exhibitors: |
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More exhibitors will continue to be announced in the lead up to the event. Follow us on social media on the links below to keep up to date or look out for the next Viti-Culture eBulletin event special on 15 May 2023, incorporating the Show Preview.
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Ernest Doe Power
As the UK’s largest Agricultural machinery dealership with 19 branches covering the majority of the UK vine growing area and a number of key machinery franchises Ernest Doe Power are very well placed to support the Viticulture industry. Their success over several generations has been built on the quality of customer service they provide. Visit Ernest Doe at Viti-Culture to talk to them about all your machinery needs.
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Fruit Security Holland
Exhibiting with Agricare for 2023. FruitSecurity Holland specialises in harvest security through harvest protection. Especially in hail net and foil covers. FruitSecurity has covered a large number of hectares throughout Europe, United Kingdom, Asia, America and Africa. FruitSecurity Holland has several protecting systems for the vineyard.
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Fruit & Vine Magazine
Supporting Growers and Producers of Fruits, Wines and Juices in the UKA brand-new FREE monthly magazine from the producers of Farmers Guide covering the latest industry news, trends, grower and company profiles, technology, machinery and so much more…Sign up for your FREE copy HERE
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ICL Growing Solutions
ICL Specialty Fertilizers products are the right choice to feed soft fruits grown in substrates as well as in the soil. Their complete product range of control release fertilizers, fertigation with fully-soluble fertilizers and foliar feeding are optimum to obtain the best mineral nutrition regime for your crops.
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Kreston Reeves
Our specialist farming and rural teamwork with food and drink producers including vineyards, family run businesses, multi-site estates and contractors.
The Kreston Reeves team work alongside a number of vineyards offering advice to those interested in developing a viticulture business, as well as established wine producers looking to expand and export into overseas markets.
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Ninkasi Rentals
Ninkasi Rentals & Finance gives you the highest quality Fermentation Vessels to rent, delivering extra capacity when you need it. We have a range of products in stock available for immediate installation.
As drinks industry experts we not only deliver and install equipment, but also happily provide further support to you and your business.
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NFU Mutual
NFU Mutual is committed to the viticulture, agriculture, food and drink & hospitality sectors, and their partnership with WineGB means that they work with experts to ensure that their offering meets the needs of vineyard owners both today, and in the future.
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Plantex UK
Plantex offers a unique water frost protection system for vines that saves up to 70% of water compared to conventional overhead systems. We also have up to date irrigation solutions and equipment, including transforming data in real time to enable on demand irrigation and maximum control.
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Plumpton College
Plumpton College Wine Division is the UK’s Centre of Excellence in Education, Training and Research. Welcoming students from all over the world, Plumpton College offers degrees from level 47,all validated by the Royal Agricultural University. Plumpton Wine Division is one of the only institutes in the world to offer this level of academic and vocational education, all taught in the English language.
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Pressure Clean
Run a more hygienic farming operation and stay on schedule or even ahead of it. Pressure Clean offer professional cleaning equipment at competitive prices. Whether you’re working with livestock or crop related production, agricultural hygiene is both challenging and crucial. Complying with increasingly strict regulations for worker health, workplace safety, and product quality. Cleaning is an integrated component of any farming process.
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Rootwave
Kills weed and root. Zero chemicals.
RootWave kills weeds using electricity to give better weed control whilst protecting health and helping nature restore its soils, water and biodiversity. Designed for vineyards and orchards – the RootWave eWeeder kills all weeds instantly by generating heat within the weed and root.
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Vigo, part of the Rawlings Group
Vigo supply wine production equipment from renowned manufacturers including Speidel, Willmes, Enoveneta, Kreyer, CIMEC and Barida, for wineries of all scales. Servicing/maintenance is provided by their team of 9 engineers. Sundries (corks, etc.) available to order online. For bottles and on-brand bottle decoration see Vigo's sister company, Rawlings Bristol.
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Vinescapes
Vinescapes is now established as a leading vineyard and winery consultancy, providing both operational and strategic expertise to grape growers and wine producers, as well as world class viticulture and climate research. Vinescapes comprehensive ‘Ground to Grape to Glass’ services include site evaluation, vineyard creation, winery design, vineyard management, consultancy and business support, mentoring and training.
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FINAL CALL FOR EXHIBITORS To guarantee marquee space and inclusion within the Show Guide, applications and artwork must be received no later than Friday 28th April 2023.Interested in exhibiting your own products and services for the wine industry? Please complete the Exhibitor Pack on the link below and return it to us by return to guarantee your space. |
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The English & Welsh Wine Fair at Viti-Culture 2023 |
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For 2023 we have extended the Viti-Culture event into the late afternoon to incorporate an English & Welsh Wine Fair and ticketed Wine Tasting Masterclass with Three Wine Men’s Tom Surgey and Oz Clarke OBE, also our Show Patron. This supporter, buyer and consumer English Wine tasting evening encouraging wine-lovers and students of Plumpton College to attend. As the Patron and an extremely high-profile wine expert Oz Clarke will co-host the event. He will be joined by Tom Surgey, also well-known as an expert wine presenter and lives locally in Lewes and has a good network of wine-loving followers in the area.
Oz and Tom will welcome guests to the tasting and give a brief introductory speech at the beginning of the tasting. They will then mingle among the guests introducing them to the range of wines available at stands and endeavour to visit all stands and introduce visitors to as many producers and wines as possible during the event.
We will also be supplying a shuttle minibus to Lewes town centre and station to encourage attendance from the locality and out of area visitors.
Notes for Wine Producers
We have a limited number of free stands available in the marquee to promote our producers. If you are interested in exhibiting, download the information pack for more details. These are offered on a first-come, first served basis.
Cheese and Wine Pairing Masterclass
In addition to the English and Welsh Wine Fair there will be a paid for ticketed Masterclass Wine and Cheese pairing session led by Oz and Tom. Please ensure you pre-book your tickets for this session tickets are available to book up until one week before the event; or until they are sold out prior. |
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Introducing the next batch of vineyards who will be showcasing their wines: |
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Blackbook Winery
Blackbook was born of a love of three things: cool climate pinot noir and chardonnay; the English wine industry; and this fair city we call home, London. We are an urban winery located in a railway arch in Battersea, a stone's throw from Battersea Park in south London. The grapes are sourced from growers within hours of the city, carefully selected for their well-located vineyards and high quality grapes. Our ethos embraces a single fundamental goal: to make good wine. We endeavour to bring the hard work of our vineyard owners to the forefront by creating a range of single vineyard wines that showcase the quality and potential for making world-leading still wine here in England. We have two focal varieties, chardonnay and pinot noir. While we love these varieties, additional grapes are sourced annually to produce experimental releases that keep us on our toes! Sometimes they are even added to the line up if our creations work.
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Carr Taylor Wines
David and Linda Carr Taylor realised their ambition of planting a vineyard when, in 1969, David purchased 21 acres of land surrounding his family home on the gentle slopes of the Sussex Weald in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the heart of 1066 Country.
The initial planting commenced in 1971 with varieties such as reichensteiner, gutenborner, muller thurgau, dornfelder and the classic champagne varieties, Pinot noir, Pinot meunier and Chardonnay.
Carr Taylor have won well over 130 awards and medals since the vineyard was founded!
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Coolhurst Vineyards
The Coolhurst Vineyards are settled in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in West Sussex.
All our wines are single vineyard and only made from carefully selected, hand-picked fruit.
Forming part of a seventh-generation family estate, we produce one of England’s finest sparkling rosé wines.
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Plumpton WineOur host Plumpton College's Wine Division benefits from having a talented staff team, some of whom have worked extensively in the Wine Industry in a range of areas such as wine research, global wine sales and marketing and vineyard management.
With their combined experience, passion and knowledge, the Plumpton Wine Division can certainly position themselves as one of the best wine training colleges in the world, with all students benefitting from being taught in state-of-the-art facilities.
The award-winning Plumpton Estate sparkling and still wines are produced by Plumpton's enthusiastic and talented students, working alongside a team of vine-growing and winemaking experts.
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Wine producers - Are you interested in showcasing your wines at the English & Welsh Wine Fair and featuring in Oz and Tom's Masterclass? PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOW OVER 50% FULL FOR THE ENGLISH & WELSH WINE FAIR, SO PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST BY RETURN TO SECURE YOUR PLACE IN THE MARQUEE. |
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| The 2023 Seminar and Debate Panel: |
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Justin Howard-Sneyd MW,
Justin started his own consultancy business (www.thehivewine.com) in 2012 and advises a wide range of wine businesses around the world, helping them to maximise their potential. Prior to branching out on his own, Justin spent 3 years with Laithwaite's Wine (aka Direct Wines), the world's largest and most successful Direct-to-consumer wine business, as the Global Wine Director. Before this Justin spent 14 years as a wine buyer in the UK off-trade, including stints at supermarket chains Safeway and Sainsbury's. This culminated in almost 5 years in charge of the wine department at Waitrose, the UK's most successful premium supermarket where he led the team that garnered, and continues to garner, so many awards. In his early life, he worked in wine shops, ran a wine school, worked as a cellar-hand and assistant winemaker in 4 different countries. Since 2007, Justin has produced his own wine (www.domaineofthebee.com) from 4 hectares of vines in the Roussillon region of the South of France, near the village of Maury.
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Dr Greg Dunn, Head of Plumpton College Wine Division
Greg is the head of the wine division at Plumpton College, the only facility in the UK that trains oenologists and viticulturists at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Greg completed his PhD in the Botany Department at the University of Melbourne in the 1990’s, after which he undertook research in forest hydrology and native forest silviculture in Victoria and sub-tropical Queensland, Australia.
For the last two decades Greg has acted in a range of positions in research, education and training in the Australian wine industry, including for DP1 Victoria, the University of Melbourne and the National Grape and Wine Industry Centre in Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Greg is currently deputy editor for the Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research.
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Sergio Verrillo, Blackbook Winery
Sergio grew up in the US, a son of Italian and Hungarian immigrants surrounded by wine lovers who would vinify their own blends in the back garden and drink wine with breakfast. His wine career took off at pace when he moved to London in the noughties, and joined the Michelin world as a sommelier (Maze, Tamarind & Chez Bruce). Quickly realising that this was the industry for him, but his desire was to be in production rather than sales, he enrolled at Plumpton College in East Sussex where he earned a degree in Viticulture and Oenology in 2014. He spent the next few years as a travelling winemaker, seeking to learn and experience harvest in many of the great wine producing regions with a focus on cool climate pinot noir & chardonnay. Sergio’s journey took him from England (Greyfriars) to California (Flowers/Calera) to Burgundy (De Montille) to Stellenbosch (Mulderbosch) and then finally to New Zealand (Ata Rangi) before he stuck his passport in the drawer. Sergio is a winemaker who has a great appreciation for the classic production methods and the breadth of experience to innovate in order to ensure each wine produced is unique, distinct and creating a phenomenal representation of the carefully selected fruit.
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Tom Archer, Head of Marketing, RootWave
Tom is Head of Marketing for RootWave. RootWave kills weeds using electricity to give better weed control whilst protecting health and helping nature restore its soils, water and biodiversity. Tom is a crop protection specialist, he joined RootWave from UPL where he was European portfolio marketing manager, with over 20 years’ experience in weed control markets and new product development.
Seminar introduction:
Tractor-powered Electrical Weed Control in Vineyards
What if we told you that you could achieve full, systemic control of weeds, in fewer treatments without using chemicals or disturbing the soil?
No more worries about herbicide resistance, product withdrawals or the environmental impact of your weed control system.
Then what if we told you that you could reserve this new machine now, for delivery in 2024?
Weed control in vineyards is about to get better.
Tom will discuss the breakthrough innovation for weed control for vineyards - the RootWave eWeeder. The product delivered full control of weeds in independent trials conducted in commercial orchards in the West of England during the summer of 2022. This talk will be the first chance for growers to examine the results from trials conducted by independent CROs in commercial vineyards that are taking place in May 2023.
Tom will explore how the RootWave eWeeder uses patented high-frequency electricity to boil weeds from the root upwards, providing a more effective method of weed control than cutting, burning, or hoeing the weed above the surface. In fact, eWeeding is the only non-chemical solution to provide systemic control of weeds.
The eWeeder is powered by a standard tractor and can operate in a range of weather conditions, treat near water courses and sensitive environments. This gives growers unmatched flexibility over treatment windows and scheduling.
During the seminar, we will provide insights on how the RootWave eWeeder can reduce per-hectare costs in larger vineyards by providing better weed control in fewer treatments. The technology is certified organic and doesn’t disturb the soil, making it perfect for IPM systems.
Tom will be on-hand to answer questions about this new product and where growers can see live demonstrations this summer.
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More seminar and debate information to be announced in next month's edition! |
| Plumpton College, The UK's Centre of Excellence in Wine Education |
Plumpton Wine Centre is of course the centre of excellence for wine education in the UK and so we will welcome degree students alongside visitors from across the country. What better way to future-proof your business than by forging links now with the future of the industry!
Plumpton College will be hosting a 'Careers in Wine' area within the exhibitor space throughout the day and prospective, future, current and past students will be invited to attend the event by both ourselves and the college, giving them opportunity to discuss their career in wine.
Plumpton College Wine Division Tours are available to book in the 'add-ons' section of the eventbrite day ticket page or by clicking HERE. These tours are very popular and are almost fully booked, so please book now to avoid disappointment. |
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