Lots of good ideas here: "Creating the Wines of Tomorrow", on Wine-searcher:
“Selecting varieties more resistant to disease seems to us the only solution for reducing pesticide use,” says Hernán Ojeda, an Argentinian engineer who is manager of the Pech Rouge experimental unit.
Vines are the second-most heavily sprayed plants in France, after apples, with spraying occurring between 6 and 20 times a season, depending on the region and the weather. Little trace of spraying remains in the wines, but the same cannot be said for the soils and run-off water.
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