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Beyond Organic Wine

Beyond Organic Wine

Organic Wine is the gateway to explore the entire wine industry - from soil to sommeliers - from a revolutionary perspective. Deep interviews discussing big ideas with some of the most important people on the cutting edge of the regenerative renaissance, about where wine comes from and where it is going. beyondorganicwine.substack.com

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10:19

The Genetics of Regenerative Viticulture

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/03/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comThis episode features audio from the Embracing Hybrid Grapes Conference that took place at UC Davis on January 26th, 2026.It shouldn’t be controversial for me to say that the genetics of our wine crops should one of the important criteria used in determining if we qualify as practicing regenerative viticulture. It shouldn’t be controversial to say that …

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6:39

Growing With Hybrids - Embracing Hybrid Grapes

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comThis episode features the audio from the first panel at the Embracing Hybrid Grapes Conference that took place at UC Davis on January 26th, 2026.This episode is available for paid subscribers to the Beyond Organic Wine substack. You can subscribe and listen to the full audio on the Substack app or at beyondorganicwine.substack.com. And a huge thanks to …

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52:20

Growing Grapes For -45 Degrees Celsius

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/22

Johannes Pinchbeck is a Canadian grape breeder who lives north of Edmonton, Alberta and develops grapes that can take sub-arctic cold and still be productive. The extremity of his climate introduces aspects of grape growing that seem unbelievable, and that remind me of how mind-blowingly amazing these plants are that have adapted to survive in these conditions. Enjoy this journey to explore a kind of viticulture you probably never imagined possible. This is a public episode. If you'd like to

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8:09

Elaine Chukan Brown - Embracing Hybrid Grapes

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comElaine Chukan Brown is a gifted writer, speaker, and global wine educator, as well as an outspoken advocate of diversity in our wine cultures… and everywhere. Elaine has won many awards and honors including Wine Communicator of the Year. But more than that, Elaine is a badass, beautiful human being who I learn from every time we talk. Every presentation…

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34:10

Life Doesn't Stand Still - Will Bucklin, Bucklin Old...

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comThis episode features Will Bucklin of Bucklin Old Hill Ranch. Will is the caretaker of one of California’s oldest vineyards, and he discusses some of the many things we can learn from a vineyard that is over 150 years old. One of the remarkable things about a vineyard that old is that it pre-dates the Green Revolution and the industrialization of modern…

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1:15

Matt Niess at the Embracing Hybrid Grapes Conference

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comHey, this is Beyond Organic Wine, and this episode features audio from the Embracing Hybrid Grapes conference that took place on International Hybrid Grape Day, January 26, 2026, at UC Davis in California. This audio is only available for subscribers, and features Matt Niess of North American Press telling his story of how he became the first and only w…

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12:26

What Do We Want From Wine?

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/10

“I want to thank you for what you said. I’ve felt excluded from wine, and I didn’t understand why. And what you said helped me to see why I felt that way, and now I feel like I can do something about it.”A young woman said this to me after my presentation on the panel titled “Beyond Vinifera,” at the Oregon Wine Symposium last week. Before I spoke, two scientists from Cornell University spoke about grape breeding and the sensory evaluation of new grapes, so I saw my role as bringing a big picture

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23:20

Wine's Greatest Sin - Zach Geballe of VinePair Podcast

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comThis episode features Zach Geballe of the VinePair Podcast. Zach’s experience as a wine and drinks communicator for VinePair builds on years of experience as a sommelier and beverage director in restaurants. He and the VinePair team do a great job of staying informed and having informed perspectives, and sometimes strong opinions, about the wine and bev…

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1:33

Welcome To Embracing Hybrid Grapes - Adam Huss

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comOn January 26, 2026, I and Elodie Oliver produced a historic conference at UC Davis that was dedicated exclusively to the benefits of hybrid grapes for California wine. I will be releasing the audio from each of the keynotes, presentations, and panels for Beyond Organic Wine substack subscribers. This is the first of that audio. I hosted and gave this w…

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10:26

Embracing Hybrid Grapes - What Happened & What Will...

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/02/01

Last Monday Elodie Oliver and I hosted a sell-out crowd (we had to add extra seats!) of winegrowers, winemakers, wine sellers, grape breeders, wine industry leaders, wine press, academics, and wine aficionados at the UC Davis Conference Center for a conference dedicated exclusively to the benefits of hybrid grapes for the California wine industry. The conference felt like a symbol of the seismic shifts that wine is undergoing, and it felt like we took a big, important step forward.One of my biggest

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47:08

Comparing Conventional & Organic Viticulture in...

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/01/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comThis episode features Derrick Vogel, a grape grower in northern Michigan, and the co-owner of Folklor Wine & Cider with Izabela Babinska. Derrick introduces us this unique winegrowing region at the northern edge of where Vitis vinifera can grow thanks to the buffering influence of lake Michigan, and where hybrid grapes are just as common because of the …

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41:57

Crazy Experimental Wines - Chris Boiling

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/01/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comThe full schedule for Embracing Hybrid Grapes in California on January 26th at UC Davis is now available. I hope to see you there!Crazy Experimental Wines! That’s what this episode is about, and it’s also the label of Chris Boiling’s wines. Chris is a British wine writer who has also been making wine for years in Slovenia as a personal project, but he h…

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61:07

Indulging In The Most Precious Secret Ingredient:...

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2026/01/06

I had such a great time on my first trip and was so impressed by the wines that I went back to Quebec for a second trip and discovered another fantastic producer who has been certified organic since 2021, growing a few select vinifera and several hybrids, and making some outstanding wines. They are Vignoble Sugar Hill and please do yourself a favor and try their wines. This is a second career for the owners, and their first career must have been successful, because the winemaking at Sugar Hill

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4:48

Don’t Drink Champagne On New Years

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/12/29

The vast majority of champagnes we buy and drink in the US are over-priced luxury brands made of cheap materials, harmful farming practices, and at times exploitive labor. We get told constantly that Champagne, the region, is “moving toward” more sustainable practices, and that it is continually “doing better” with regard to ecological viticulture, but that’s because it has so far to go. As a region it consistently uses the highest percentage of pesticides of any wine region in France. Its governing

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19:09

Embracing Life - Beyond Organic Wine 2025

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/12/23

Reflections on some of the big questions of 2025, and recommendations of some of my favorite books from 2025. An end of year wish for you and your wine, and a big thank you to everyone who makes Beyond Organic Wine possible. I hope to see you at Embracing Hybrid Grapes on January 26, 2026.Embracing Hybrid Grapes in California. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.com/subscribe

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88:58

Syntropic Vitiforestry with Married Vines

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/12/14

What if I told you that you could take a piece of degraded, marginal land with 3.5 pH soils and turn it into an agricultural production system with five times the productivity of neighboring conventional farms without using any fertilizer or pesticides or outside inputs besides sunlight, seeds, and plants? What if I told you that there are decades of data to support this and that it can be done anywhere, and that this system makes grapes more productive, healthier, and more delicious?Erik

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88:16

Folk Wines & Ciders - Greenpoint Cidery with Nika...

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/12/08

My guest for this episode is Nika Carlson of Greenpoint Cidery in Hudson, New York. There are some unique and wonderful aspects of what Nika does that make this conversation fun and enlightening in ways that I find thrilling and inspiring…. She planted her estate orchard entirely from wild seedling apple trees that she selected from her region. She ferments a landscape of flavors, including herbal and floral ingredients in her concoctions. She lives part-time, nearly off-grid at the orchard. And she

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67:57

Regenerative Organic Wine At Any Scale - Joseph...

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/12/02

My guest for this episode is Joseph Brinkley. Joseph is the Senior Director of Regenerative Organic Farming at Bonterra. He oversees farming of Bonterra’s 800+ acres of estate vineyards in Mendocino County, all of which are farmed with organically. Bonterra is one of the largest organic B-corporation wineries in the US, and they are now the largest winery to achieve Regenerative Organic certification. Joseph discusses the importance of the social focus of the Regenerative Organic certification,

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26:54

Usonia Wine - Alex & Julia Alvarez-Perez

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/11/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit beyondorganicwine.substack.comMy guests for this episode are Julia and Alex Alvarez-Perez of Usonia Wine in the Finger Lakes region of New York… and they will be sponsoring Embracing Hybrid Grapes in California with two of their wines… and I’m very much looking forward to sharing them with those of you who attend… you are in for a surprise and a treat…Very much like you are in for …

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92:34

Rage Against The Machine: Winegrowing for Human Wellness

Beyond Organic Wine ·

2025/11/17

My guest for this episode is Franz Weninger of organic and biodynamic certified Weingut Weninger in Horitschon, Austria… and you, dear listener, are in for a treat. Franz is a second generation winegrower who thinks deeply about the soil, the plants, the systems and ideas that go into the ecology of wine. He offers practical and surprising insights into how to grow vinifera with less sprays, how to design vineyards for human psychological health as well as environmental health, how using

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