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Alentejo sustinability in Wine podcast series

Sustainability & Wine In Alentejo Podcast Series

As part of the ClimateGenn podcast, I am publishing concurrently with my normal interviews, a series within a series. An episode of Sustainability & Wine in Alentejo will be published every week for the next 8 weeks. Alentejo is Portugal’s largest and most climate-vulnerable region.

This series is part of a larger project commissioned by the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme with whom I have been collaborating for the past year.

Alentejo Episodes to be released 1 per week for 8 weeks:

EP. 1  Sustainability & Wine in Alentejo An Introduction – Alentejo, a climate-vulnerable region [Click to play]

Featuring: João Barroso – WASP, João Roquette – Esporão, Iain Richardson – Mouchão, Dr Greg V Jones, Professor Kimberly Nicholas, Luis Patrão – Coelheiros, Mafalda Vasquez – Grous, Helena Ferreira – Adega de Borba and presented by Nick Breeze.

EP. 2 Dr Greg Jones – we need regional schemes that build into broader framework at a global level [Click to Play]

Featuring: Dr Gregory V Jones – CEO of Abacela Vineyards and Winery and Nick Breeze – ClimateGenn & Secret Sommelier

EP. 3 Herdade do Mouchão, Iain Richardson – 600 mature cork oak trees a year lost, it was tragic! [Click to Play]

Featuring: Iain Richardson and presented by Nick Breeze.

EP. 4 Adega de Borba, Helena Ferriera – 1000 families depend on this business. [Click to Play]

Featuring: Helena Ferreira and is presented by Nick Breeze.

EP. 5 Herdade do Esporão, João Roquette – Leaders In Sustainability In Portugal [Click to Play]

Featuring: João Roquette and is presented by Nick Breeze.

EP. 6 Professor Kimberly Nicholas, “Regenerative is…Working With Nature” [Click to Play]

Featuring: Professor Kimberly Nicholas and is presented by Nick Breeze

EP. 7 Herdade de Coelheiros, Luis Patrão – If we don’t adapt we are finished

Featuring: Luis Patrão and presented by Nick Breeze

EP. 8 Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP) João Barroso

Featuring: WASP Manager João Barroso and presented by Nick Breeze

 

Ep 3: Herdade de Mouchão, Biodiversity, Terroir, A Scorching Climate & Struggle for Sustainability

In this Alentejo Wines episode, I am speaking to Iain Richardson, from the wine estate, Mouchão. Mouchão is a great example of an integrated estate in Alentejo where different flora and fauna are interwoven to… Read More »Ep 3: Herdade de Mouchão, Biodiversity, Terroir, A Scorching Climate & Struggle for Sustainability