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If you like a glass but don't like chemicals on what you ingest you may be interested in info from an article in yesterdays press.
In short the wines popularity (94 million bottles in the UK last year) has driven a vast expansion to the amount of land turned over to the vine much to the concern of the locals. The vines suffer from fungal attack and are regularly sprayed as much as once a week in some places. They say the chemicals used are the cause of a rash of illness's besetting their communities, the vineyard workers have to wear full protective gear when spraying but they are spraying just yards from a kindergarten and peoples homes.
Just 129 hectares of the 7000 hectares given over to the vine are grown organically the good news is that Sainbugs & Waitrose's Perlage wines come from the 129 hectares.
In short the wines popularity (94 million bottles in the UK last year) has driven a vast expansion to the amount of land turned over to the vine much to the concern of the locals. The vines suffer from fungal attack and are regularly sprayed as much as once a week in some places. They say the chemicals used are the cause of a rash of illness's besetting their communities, the vineyard workers have to wear full protective gear when spraying but they are spraying just yards from a kindergarten and peoples homes.
Just 129 hectares of the 7000 hectares given over to the vine are grown organically the good news is that Sainbugs & Waitrose's Perlage wines come from the 129 hectares.
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