Regenerative Vineyard Systems with Richard Leask

In this episode, Joh and Kate talk to South Australian viticulturalist and 2019 Nuffield Scholar Richard Leask.  With support from Wine Australia, Richard travelled across Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Canada, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, New Zealand and the US, meeting with regenerative agriculture farmers and leading soil researchers to identify practices that would be applicable in Australian wine grape production systems.  As a result of his travels, Richard concluded that if Australia’s wine industry is to remain resilient in the face of growing climatic and environmental pressures, producers need to be more regenerative in their management practices to maintain soil health and ecosystem diversity.