News

Selected global news about PIWI grapes and wines, summarized and enriched with expert commentary. Articles are drawn from scientific publications, trade press, and producer communications across Europe and beyond.
PIWI Wines Look to the Future: “Not a Threat to DOC or DOCG Identity” I vini Piwi guardano al futuro: “non sono una minaccia all’identità di Doc o Docg” Italian enologist Nicola Biasi has spent years betting on Pilzwiderstandsfähige Rebsorten — PIWI — while much of the sector kept its distance.
Thirteen PIWI Varieties Enter New Zealand Quarantine, One of Which Has a Strange History With the Place Thirteen new grape varieties land in New Zealand New Zealand is quietly getting serious about PIWI.
PIWI Varieties in Croatian Viticulture: From Discredited Hybrids to Sustainable Contenders PIWI sorte vinove loze: put prema održivoj proizvodnji grožđa i vina Two Zagreb professors trace how PIWI varieties shook off the reputation of the old discredited hybrids and explain where Croatia's trial programme currently stands.
PIWI Wines Beyond Sustainability: Nicola Biasi’s Case for Quality and Territorial Identity Vini Piwi, Nicola Biasi (Enologo): Non solo sostenibili, ma rappresentanti di qualità e identità For Nicola Biasi, one of Italy’s most prominent advocates of Pilzwiderstandsfähige varieties, the PIWI debate has moved on.
PIWI Wines in Germany: Quality Closes the Gap, But the Niche Remains PIWI-Weine: Wie gut sind die neuen Rebsorten wirklich? Cabernet Blanc and Souvignier Gris are showing up more often on German wine shelves — and research suggests they deserve to be there. Blind tastings keep going PIWI’s way.
Copper in the Soil Is Making PIWI Hard to Ignore Wie «Piwis» für mehr Bio im Rebberg sorgen Here is what I did not know before this article: organic growers can spray copper against downy mildew, but it stays in the soil. It does not break down. It builds up.
Sass Griss: A New PIWI Winery Launches in Val di Non at 900 Metres Dolomite vines at 900 metres. Deep in the Val di Non — apple country, not wine country — a new cantina has planted Solaris and Johanniter above 900 metres and released its first two wines.
Tinazzi in Puglia: Primitivo, PIWI Trials, and a Winery Reinventing Itself Tinazzi in Puglia Gian Andrea Tinazzi, now 76, has been building a Puglia operation for over two decades.
Harper Adams University Vineyard Launches First Commercial Wines from PIWI and Traditional Varieties in Shropshire wines from Harper Adams University Harper Adams University has released its first commercial wines—Buttery Hill Rosé and Cambrian White—grown on its Edgmond estate, planted in 2023 with both traditional and disease-resistant PIWI varie
Germany's Piwi Vines Keep Growing, But the Ceiling Is Still a Long Way Up Robuste Rebsorten Germany's fungus-resistant Piwi vines grew 10% in 2025 to around 4,000 hectares while the overall vineyard shrank back toward 2007 levels.