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Ask a group of wine lovers what Chardonnay tastes like, and you’ll probably hear completely different answers. Some will describe a rich, buttery wine with notes of vanilla and toasted oak. Others will tell you it’s fresh, crisp and full of citrus flavours with a distinctive mineral edge. The surprising part is that they’re both right. Few grape varieties change their personality as much as…

When we talk about threats to vineyards, climate change usually gets most of the attention. Heatwaves, drought, spring frost and hailstorms regularly make headlines. But over the last few years another problem has quietly been spreading across European vineyards: Flavescence Dorée, one of the most serious forms of grapevine yellows disease, also known as Golden Yellowing or, in Hungary,…