The 2025 NZ Organic and Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference brought together local and international experts to explore themes of soil, water, biodiversity and regenerative systems.
Leading viticulturist and agroecologist Dr Mary Retallack urged winegrowers to challenge conventional thinking and embrace a diversity of ideas, cultivating a “polyculture of thought”.
The founder of Retallack Viticulture and Ecology, and of Australia’s EcoVineyards program, shared her passion for building vineyard resilience through functional biodiversity and native insectaries.
You can read the article here and the New Zealand Winegrower August edition here