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Mimi Casteel: Imbibe 75 2020 Wine Person of the Year

January 22, 2020 Posted by Mimi

The attention and interest in regenerative agriculture over the last year has been nothing short of dizzying. I am grateful, and hopeful that the light that shines on the movement now will guide and protect the mission as we move into a new and critical decade. – Mimi Casteel “Mimi Casteel is our Imbibe 75 2020 Wine […]

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Who’s Really Trampling out the Vintage?

November 27, 2019 Posted by Mimi

Who’s Really Trampling out the Vintage?Una nota de gracias About a year back, when I was still working with my dear friends at Lingua Franca, I found myself navigating the darkest hour between their night harvest and my dawn harvest at Hope Well. Not enough time to go home and get a nap, too tired […]

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In Oregon Wine Country, One Farmer’s Battle to Save the Soil

October 30, 2019 Posted by Mimi

 “Agriculture can play a leading role in combating climate change and reversing ecological damage. Mimi Casteel is showing one way to get it done.”  Read the full story by Eric Asimov in The New York Times, published October 17, 2019

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Mimi Casteel Is Betting the Farm

August 23, 2019 Posted by Mimi

How one farmer, biologist and winemaker is trying to change an entire industry’s mind about the way it grows wine. Read the full story by Leslie Pariseau in PUNCH, published August 22, 2019.

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An urgent conversation about the power of regenerative agriculture

June 18, 2019 Posted by Mimi

Last month I had the honor of participating in this public seminar with three of my intellectual heroes, sponsored by my far-sighted and generous New York distributor, Polaner Selections.  The entire seminar, including audience participation, was recorded and is here presented in its entirety.  Please join us!  – Mimi Casteel “Please join carbon farming ‘bioneers’ Mimi Casteel […]

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An Earth Day Letter to my Friends, for my Friends

April 22, 2019 Posted by Mimi

My Comrades and Kin, As we revel in the gifts of spring, watching the vineyards push first growth, I beg your attention for a moment of community around our shared love for this land, for this earth. Many of you pledged your name to an agreement we have named The Oak Accord. The nature of […]

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Over the Moon: Contemporary Biodynamics & Beyond

April 10, 2019 Posted by Mimi

Kelli White for GuildSomm March 15, 2019“Mimi’s personal flavor of biodynamics—now practiced at her own project, Hope Well Vineyard—is actually quite close to the original recipe, with certain key deviations. ‘There’s a whole new category of farmers who probably would have been categorized under organic, but now we call ourselves ‘regenerative agriculture.’ It is not […]

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New Year’s – Letters from the Edge

January 24, 2019 Posted by Mimi

Juxtaposed with the exuberance of spring, and the languidly long, warm, caramel colored summer nights that barely dip a toe in darkness before light brushes the mountains, and the frenetic energy and furious productivity of the harvest, winter can appear a hard stop. Amongst the seasons it is the metaphor for death, impenetrable, a mosaic […]

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  • Seeking an Optimum and Never a Maximum – Slow Wine Manifesto March 25, 2021
  • The Regenerate Forum: Regenerative Methods in Viticulture January 20, 2021
  • Outcasts January 4, 2021
  • “Controversial and even Incendiary” Interview with Organic Wine Podcast October 12, 2020
  • Vendange 2020: The Hardest Lessons Yet September 7, 2020
  • NYT: “From Good Wine, a Direct Path to the Wonders of Nature” July 23, 2020
  • Mimi interviewed by Levi Dalton on “I’ll Drink to That!” February 6, 2020
  • Tractor Time Podcast: Mimi Casteel on Regenerative Wine February 5, 2020
  • Mimi Casteel: Imbibe 75 2020 Wine Person of the Year January 22, 2020
  • Who’s Really Trampling out the Vintage? November 27, 2019
  • In Oregon Wine Country, One Farmer’s Battle to Save the Soil October 30, 2019
  • Mimi Casteel Is Betting the Farm August 23, 2019
  • An urgent conversation about the power of regenerative agriculture June 18, 2019
  • An Earth Day Letter to my Friends, for my Friends April 22, 2019
  • Over the Moon: Contemporary Biodynamics & Beyond April 10, 2019
  • New Year’s – Letters from the Edge January 24, 2019
  • A Lively Conversation about Soil Health August 29, 2018
  • Complexity is Stability June 13, 2018
  • Invitation to join the Willamette Valley Oak Accord December 14, 2017
  • On Stewardship December 14, 2017
  • Glyphosate, Chronic Use and Chronic Toxicity, a Global Pandemic and Matter of Immediate National Security December 14, 2017
  • Glyphosate in Vineyard Systems [Video] April 20, 2016

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