Jamie Goode: Kiss the dirt – the truth about what makes great wine

Wine Mag | 09.12.2025 11:00
One of the biggest changes in viticulture over the last decade has been an increasing interest in what happens under the surface of the soil. We used to see vineyard soil as just being a medium in which the grape vines grow, and certainly where the climate is sunny and dry in the growing season, the best idea seemed to be to remove any competition for limited resources of nutrients and water.