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  • L’invité develops a modern organic vineyard

    30km North of Amsterdam at Domain Bergen

Wine Estate Bergen

L’invité develops a modern, organic vineyard and circular food forest at the sunniest spot in the Netherlands: Domein Bergen, 30 km North of Amsterdam.

The domain is literally built from the ground up, in a modern, sustainable way. With a lot of attention for healthy soil life and rich biodiversity. The soil has been prepared and is now resting. Spring 2021 the first 2000 vines will be planted.

The domain is built with the financial support of our members. Together we realize this special project.

Dutch Wine

According to the website ‘De Wijnhoek‘ there are currently 135 vineyards in the Netherlands of at least 1 hectare. In addition, there are numerous places with a smaller vineyard. In every province of the Netherlands there is a beautiful vineyard that is worth visiting. Peetra van der Knaap has published a wonderful book this year about 55 Dutch vineyards that are worth visiting.

In 2020, 50 Dutch vineyards took part in the  Wijnkeuring van de Lage landen. 224 wines were submitted. For an objective assessment, this inspection is carried out by the German Weinbauambt in Neustad. This year there were 13 gold medals for Dutch wines (and one for a Belgian wine). Most medals are won by  St. Martinus in Vijlen and Betuws Wijndomein in Erichem.

Moderne grape varieties

In the Netherlands, both classic grape varieties are grown, as well as modern, more resistant grape varieties. In terms of classic grape varieties, we see Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling or Pinot gris. But modern, resistant grape varieties such as the Regent, Cabernet cortis, Souvignier gris and Johanitter are on the rise. These grape varieties are often developed in Germany or Switzerland and offer increasingly better protection against mildew, downy mildew and botrytus. This means that much less pesticides are needed and sustainable viticulture is possible. In addition, these varieties ripen earlier, which means that viticulture in Northern areas is now possible.

Cabernet cortis, Laurot, Monarch, Muscaris, Sauvitage and Souvignier gris will be planted at Domein Bergen in 2021.

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Climate change

Every year we can see that our climate is changing at a rapid pace. In the Netherlands too, we see higher temperatures and longer periods of drought. In fact, a study in 2013 has shown that by 2050, viticulture in Bordeaux and southern Europe (the red areas on the map) will become extremely problematic. The climate for winegrowing in countries such as Germany, Belgium, England and the Netherlands (blue on this map) would even be ideal in 2050.

Because the modern grape varieties are much more resistant to diseases and fungi, we can harvest these grapes later in the year, so that they can still get enough sunshine in the Netherlands.

This number of sunshine hours is most important for proper ripening of the grape. At Domein Bergen we have an average of 1650 hours of sunshine per year. Much more than in the rest of the Netherlands. Modern grape varieties require about 1150 hours of sunshine per year to fully ripen.

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