October newsletter

So much news in October, including:

• The launch of the Regenerative Accelerator, with 8 Founding Retailers pledging to support the RVF’s goal of 10% of vineyards farming regeneratively by 2035
• The launch of the Regenerative Viticulture Lighthouse Study with Chico State University, aiming for in depth side by side comparisons of the transition of 32 growers across 8 Californian One Block Challenge™ regions
• Sustainability in Drinks 2026 – ‘does regeneration taste better’ wine tasting, workshop, debate on carbon credits
• Rosa Kruger interview for the Wine Society on old vines and climate resilience
• Old Vine Conference webinar on wild fire
• Soil microbes blog
• Many scientific studies including microbes/terroir, carbon sequestration, cover crops in South of France plus a semi arid vineyard and pesticide residues