Vieux Télégraphe’s Daniel Brunier and other top winemakers report that a violent August storm inflicted heavy damage on La Crau and other choice vineyards source fruit from this lieu-dit for their top cuvées "We estimate that we have lost today between 70 percent to 90 percent of the grapes in our Vieux Télégraphe plots," Daniel Brunier the fifth generation to run his family’s estate Brunier describes the vineyard—where his family has grown grapes since 1890—as "completely shredded; not a leaf is left Only a few partially bruised grapes remain attached to the vine." As a result Vieux Télégraphe Blanc 2022 will not be produced adding it’s still too early to tell if any Vieux Télégraphe Rouge 2022 can be made "The grapes themselves are destroyed and so are the leaves," said Kelly Gonnet who owns and operates Guillaume Gonnet with her third-generation winemaking husband and we can see many trees have been split and uprooted around the village The good news is that none of the vines in La Crau were uprooted and they should make a full recovery for the next vintage The vineyards on this plateau are over 100 years old and it would’ve been heartbreaking if they were permanently damaged." Others reported that significant hailstorms pummeled the neighboring village of Courthézon and damaged surrounding vineyards many of which lie within the Châteauneuf appellation Some have estimated that 25 percent of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s vineyards were affected though the growers Wine Spectator spoke with said that the full extent of how much fruit was lost will not be known until harvest No site was as severely impacted as La Crau "On the other side of Châteauneuf, at Château Maucoil we did not even have any hail," said Benoit Lavau of Maison Lavau which farms vineyards across the Southern Rhône Described as a "tornade Americaine" by the French newspaper for its resemblance to weather phenomenons more commonly seen in the U.S "We can say without hesitation that this was the first time that such an event occurred here in living memory," Brunier explained "We have been affected by hail in the past but absolutely nothing comparable to what happened on Aug This was the latest freak weather occurrence in a season filled with evidence of a changing climate; Europe has experienced a summer marked by extreme drought, heat waves and forest fires Two days after the wind and hail ripped through record-breaking thunderstorms in Paris triggered destructive flash flooding; two days after that heavy rain and hurricane-force winds over 136 mph left eight dead in France and Italy In spite of the damage and lingering uncertainty Southern Rhône vignerons remain optimistic about the overall 2022 vintage "It was a real shock to lose so many grapes to this natural disaster but we are extremely grateful no one was hurt and the remaining grapes are in excellent condition," said Gonnet "We are hoping to see a vintage that is very nice in quality grateful that the Mistral winds have been "blowing intensely ever since the tornado," so the ripe fruit that survived will be dry and rot-free and continuing to mature in other plots that historically ripen later where we produce red and white Pigeoulet as well as Mégaphone." our profession is one of passion," said Brunier "which enables us to see the positive side." 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Provence the panoramic view captures a patchwork of fields receding towards Les Alpilles (the little Alps) most of The Harvest was completed in a single day requiring great effort and concentration under the noonday sun Vincent wrote to his brother Theo that after returning from the fields “my brain is so tired” He explained: “One’s mind is extremely stretched like an actor on the stage in a difficult role—where you have to think of a thousand things at the same time.” In the evening “the only thing that comforts and distracts.. is to stun oneself by taking a stiff drink or smoking very heavily” The painting is set in the fields just to the north-east of Arles awaiting another load of freshly-cut wheat rests in the very centre of the composition A cluster of three farm buildings sits near a track through the fields The houses lead the eye to the distant tower on the hills towards the left The rich colours of the golden wheatfields shimmer beneath a deep turquoise sky An Arlésienne is moving among the greenery in the nearest plot and the small figure of a reaper scythes just beyond a large stack in the middle distance while another stands close to the nearest farmhouse Van Gogh's The Blue Cart (The Harvest) (June 1888) Courtesy of Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Photo: © President and Fellows of Harvard College Van Gogh began the project with a watercolour study, which he sent to his sister Wil (and is now at Harvard Art Museums) It is interesting to note the changes introduced in the oil painting The roof of another farmhouse half hidden behind the wheatstack on the left in the watercolour has been eliminated In the oil painting Van Gogh has taken a higher viewpoint overlooking the scene The horizon is also higher in the final painting It is possible that Van Gogh may have captured the scene from a raised platform on a windmill in the eastern outskirts of Arles This would probably have been the Moulin de Jonquet Van Gogh was inspired by the colours of the Provençal landscape spring had already turned into summer: “I certainly have no less love for nature that is starting to get scorched.. with the green blue of the sky heated white-hot Van Gogh set out to “adjust the workmanship a little That was his way of working: to do most of a landscape painting outside making minor adjustments to the colours and brushwork Vincent laid the picture on his terracotta floor tiles enjoying the effect of it being temporarily framed in reddish brown This would have exaggerated the effect of the turquoise sky and the central band of green plots set against the near complementary reddish brown colour of the floor He presumably looked down at the painting lying on the tiles when he poured himself a drink and lit his pipe Vincent wrote to Theo: “On days when I bring back a study [like The Harvest] I say to myself if it was like this every day things could work—but on days when you come home empty-handed and you eat and spend money all the same a scoundrel or an old fool.” Van Gogh still lived in hope that in Provence he would finally make a breakthrough and begin to sell his work Vincent was understandably proud of The Harvest believing it to be the finest of his recent paintings A month later he included it in a batch of pictures he sent to his brother in Paris (but despite his hopes Theo loved The Harvest and proudly hung it above the piano in the sitting room of his apartment After Theo’s death in 1891 it passed to his widow Jo Bonger and their son also named Vincent Willem (as a tribute to the artist) after Jo’s marriage to the painter Johan Cohen Gosschalk the landscape still had pride of place in the lounge of their Amsterdam apartment Jo Bonger and Johan Cohen Gosschalk in their Amsterdam apartment with The Harvest above a chest (1910-11) Photo: Bernard Eilers Vincent Willem and his wife Nelly had hung the Sunflowers (August 1888) above their sofa Both paintings were given modest narrow frames and casually hung on long strings perilously close to the cat on Nelly’s lap Vincent Willem and his wife Nelly at their home in Laren photograph by Peter Pollack Courtesy of the Archives of the Art Institute of Chicago The Harvest left their sitting room to travel to a major Van Gogh exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art There it was captured in a delightful painting by the artist and illustrator Edith Barry showing visitors sporting the latest fashions of mid-century America Vincent Willem liked very plain narrow frames (as seen in the sofa photograph) but Barry has inserted The Harvest into an enormous and quite inappropriate yellow frame—presumably a misguided tribute to Van Gogh’s love of that colour Edith Cleaves Barry’s Van Gogh at the Metropolitan Museum (1950) Courtesy of Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers The Harvest has been lent to no fewer than 101 exhibitions in the past 100 years The sheer number of loans not only reflects the popularity of the work but also suggests that Van Gogh’s paintings are often reasonably robust Since The Harvest joined the Van Gogh Museum’s collection in 1973 loans have slowed down and it has only left Amsterdam on seven occasions Along with the Sunflowers it is one of works which visitors expect to find on permanent display in the museum It is now hung in a fairly simple gold frame with no ornamentation Having almost finished The Harvest in a day Vincent was worried that he might be criticised for the speed at which he worked He told Theo: “When people say they’re done too quickly you’ll be able to reply that they looked at them too quickly.” Martin Bailey is a leading Van Gogh specialist and special correspondent for The Art Newspaper He has curated exhibitions at the Barbican Art Gallery Compton Verney/National Gallery of Scotland and Tate Britain To contact Martin Bailey, please email vangogh@theartnewspaper.com Please note that he does not undertake authentications Explore all of Martin’s adventures with Van Gogh here blog25 February 2022Revealed: Van Gogh landscape once owned by Yves Saint Laurent coming up for sale, valued at $45mChristie’s is to offer the never-exhibited painting in a New York auction in May blog5 November 2021The astonishing survival of the farmhouse depicted in Van Gogh’s newly unveiled watercolourVincent’s picture of wheatstacks is coming up at Christie’s on 11 November—yours for around $25m but use sulfur and copper to treat the vines The Brunier family has been making wine on the rocky outcrop of La Crau for more than 100 years with brothers Daniel and Frédéric running the business today The first-ever vintage was bottled in 1900 by their great-grandfather Hippolyte and the brothers have expanded the family holdings considerably since taking over from their father Henri in 1988 The next generation of Brunier is now waiting in the wings to join them in the form of Frederic's 24-year-old son Edouard and Daniel's 21-year-old Nicolas Both are just finishing up viticultural studies and enology degrees and heading 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In total today they own 135 hectares (333 acres) in the three Rhône areas and they are branching out into olive oil as of this year – their sister owns an olive mill in Baux de Provence and will be pressing olives from trees at Vieux Télégraphe There is a real telegraph involved in the Brunier story Hippolyte Brunier had just one hectare of vines to make a bit of family wine with his vineyard situated at one of the highest points in between Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Bédarrides Its altitude made it the perfect spot for the communication tower built in 1793 by Claude Chappe to transmit telegraph messages between Marseilles and Paris was the first to put the domaine’s bottlings under the Vieux Télégraphe label Today – even though the communication tower itself has long gone – they have made it something of a theme; their newsletter is called La Sémaphore the younger-vine wine is Télégramme and their Côtes du Ventoux wine Mégaphone © Vieux Télégraphe | To destalk or not to destalk has been a big debate in this appellation in recent years the stems are removed from around 60 percent of the grapes The oldest vines keep their stalks (but are still crushed gently before vatting so it's important to get those skins in contact with the juice) All varieties are vinified in the same vat but young vines (under 25 years) are kept apart from the older vines and Roussanne for the whites – takes place after one year of aging They believe in the power of oak in winemaking at Vieux Télégraphe – but in their own particular way The whites are both vinified and aged in oak but in a variety of sizes (600 and 300 liters) and the reds in a mixture of large oak vats and stainless steel tanks "We have no small-sized oak barrels for the red wine," says Brunier We get such a natural shot of minerality and finesse from the stones of La Crau [the pudding stones go down at least five meters (16 feet) with the rock accounting for around 70 percent of soil composition all the way down to that depth] that we don’t want the barrels to mask that we find small-sized Bordeaux or Burgundy barrels oxidize the wine too much and doesn't hold back when he says: "Vieux Télégraphe is one of the greatest wines of the Rhône It is made from fruit derived from the estate's oldest vines and evokes the conception of this region's terroir in its purest form a combination of the climate and extraordinary terrain and soil while the vineyard's high altitude gets full exposure from the sun." © Vieux Télégraphe | La Crau vineyard in the shadow of Mont Ventoux Famous for this style of bottling now, the Bruniers can thank their American importer Kermit Lynch for keeping the flame alive. Lynch first met Henri in the mid-1970s and when, a few years later, Henri began to filter the wine (around 1980), Lynch asked that his blend remain unfiltered. When the Bruniers had tasted the results of several vintages, they returned to an unfiltered bottling for their entire production. Prices worldwide on Wine-Searcher (US$, ex-tax, per 750-ml bottle): Our latest update from the Bordeaux En Primeur front line features dry and sweet whites and a curious red Graves vintage. The latest sales figures are bad news for producers hoping high-end wines will get them through these tough economic times. It's all about music as much as wine as we round up this week's news from the wine world. We conclude our search for the world's most sought-after wines with our overall top 10. Joe Biden might not be in the White House any more, but his influence is still being felt at one crucial committee. The science keep piling up: wine is good for your health, no matter what the temperance lobby says. 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Sichel The longtime Grand Award winner closes its doors after 34 years Sniffer dogs might be the answer to solving vineyard pest problems Latest UpdatesCountries Why Join?IL MagazineFree Daily E-LetterVideoOur ExpertsTestimonialsFAQsTopics Tuula Rampont is thrilled to have found her own slice of “la belle vie” and loves sharing the best of what living in France has to offer An Archetypal French Festival…Once We Found it - International LivingUpdated Jun 6, 2020By Tuula Rampont It was my first summer living in the South of France somewhere between bonjour and je ne sais quoi and I would attend our first summer festival festivals spring up in the seaside villages that dot the Côte d’Azur many of them celebrate something called aioli garlicky type of mayonnaise and the accompaniments that go with it: seafood and cooked vegetables like potatoes everything has a plan and a reason for being kick-you-in-the-backside mayo goes with salt cod We were just going to have to try it for ourselves Summer “aioli parties” were so prolific that I had no problem finding one in a town about 15 minutes from where we lived The tiny announcement on a local events website gave a phone number to call for reservations A certain “Jimmy” answered the phone among a cacophony of clinking glasses My friend Kathy had the foresight to tie a small chiffon scarf around her neck We couldn’t have been any more French if we’d tried I tossed a mini English-French dictionary into my tote bag and hoped for the best apart from a few older gentlemen playing petanque and approached one dapper Frenchman who gave us the scoop on where we’d gone wrong It turned out that the aioli festival wasn’t in La Crau but in a “hamlet” of the town about another 15 minutes away and began navigating the narrow roads that led to the village known as La Moutonne slate-grey structures of the Côte d’Azur were replaced by terracotta-hued stone-worked houses adorned with bougainvillea and the odd village cat perched high up in a windowsill I finally saw a sign announcing La Moutonne come into view because as we exited the car and made our way to the town square it became clear that this wasn’t your average aioli festival like an extended stone version of someone’s backyard About eight tables had been set up for the evening and a small crowd was gathering on the terrace in front of Jimmy’s Bar Small children chased one of the many cats roaming about a group of teenagers sat huddled in a corner over a tiny transistor radio was ceremoniously waltzing across a makeshift dancefloor…to a music all his own cigarette dangling artfully from the corner of his mouth les anglais sont là!” The English have arrived I decided this was probably no time to split hairs as Jimmy made his way over and enthusiastically kissed us all on both cheeks and the band starts at eight.”We were in for a very special evening.We all looked sheepishly in the direction of Claude and we explained to our curious tablemates how we came to find their tiny village I had a feeling we were in for a very special evening we really did have a new set of best friends They shared with us their lives in the villages and their passion for traditional Provençal food— aioli being a big part of it It was closer to nine when the band took the stage belting out 80s cover tunes with decidedly French overtones Bernard graciously rose and offered his hand to accompany him to the dancefloor for Lionel Richie’s “Hello” while Kathy got whisked away for a few “Billie Jean” moves with Claude with La Moutonne’s resident “Don Juan,” Pierre—the elegant gentlemen we’d seen dressed in white who was indeed a fantastic dancer—and participated in a conga line with everyone else Seeing the whole village rolling with laughter as we snaked our way around the square to the tune of “Super Freak,” I knew I’d found my kind of Southern France One that was much more open and accepting than I’d ever imagined Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1040931 Better understanding insects’ movements could help preserve and restore the insect communities that are key to the functioning of grasslands Recent technological advances have led to spectacular achievements in movement ecology making it possible to track the individual movements of a wide variety of organisms monitoring systems such as RFID tags may negatively impact an organism’s life history with potential consequences on the reliability of data and conclusions This study explored the potential of passive RFID tags to track the movements of three small ground-dwelling beetle species Tenebrionidae) and a granivore (Acinopus picipes in a Mediterranean dry grassland degraded by years of cultivation we tested whether carrying tags might impact individuals’ behaviour using a before-and-after design under laboratory conditions Despite a trend toward shorter displacements we found no significant short-term effect of the tags on individuals’ movements we tracked a total of 25 tagged beetles in their natural environment every 4 h for 48 h We highlight the principal limitation of using passive tags with small terrestrial beetles: the antenna has to pass over the tags to detect them which restricts tracking to a few consecutive days after which the probability of locating an individual is low the data obtained sheds light on the biological rhythms and daily movement capabilities of our target species: A Such knowledge could help predict the species’ ability to recolonise degraded areas enabling appropriate restoration actions to be designed based on landscape ecology principles The global decline of grasslands is making conservation and restoration actions a priority (Buisson et al., 2022). Usually, it is plant species that are targetted in restoration actions, under the general assumption that insect populations will naturally follow the restoration of plant communities (Hilderbrand et al., 2005) this assumption neglects key processes that underpin the establishment and persistence of insect populations in sites to be restored such as their ability to naturally reach these areas One of the challenges in species conservation is therefore to determine how They observed that about 1% of males are capable of maintaining gene flux among nest sites within a radius of about 3 km isolated populations more than 3 km apart have an increased probability of local extinction predator and scavenger beetles of similar size and weight are unlikely to be affected in the same way by the tag predators often have to move quickly and sometimes over large areas to detect and catch their prey which may make them more sensitive to additional weight Each of the available technologies has its own advantages and drawbacks for the study of arthropod movements (Kissling et al., 2014; Batsleer et al., 2020). Active radio transmitters allow individuals to be tracked over distances of more than 300 m for ground-dwelling insects (Negro et al., 2008); however the problem is the weight of the transmitter Passive tags (harmonic radar and RFID) have been applied to a broader range of arthropods but the short detection distance complicates the monitoring of arthropods in the field on the structure of the habitat; passive tags may be more appropriate in open habitats such as grasslands where tagged individuals are easier to detect where tag weight makes passive tags the only option current challenges in monitoring movements include the limited detection distance and potential impacts on the animals’ behaviour This study investigated the potential of passive RFID transmitters to track the movements of three small ground-dwelling beetle species typical of the Plaine de la Crau (Southern France) dry grassland: a predator (Poecilus sericeus Tenebrionidae] and a granivore [Acinopus picipes (Olivier We first explored how the tags impacted beetle behaviour Then we tracked tagged individuals in their natural environment Our findings are discussed in terms of their relevance to the conservation of beetle species in a protected dry grassland Study species and study area (A) the dry grasslands of la Crau and marking of release points (D) Poecilus sericeus equipped with an RFID-tag on its back (E) Asida sericea equipped with an RFID-tag and released in the field Species weight alone ( ± SD) and with the diode Tags were glued to the insect’s elytra with cyanoacrylate glue (Super glue 3 power flex mini trio We tracked the tagged insects with a hand-held battery-powered transponder reading device (HPR Plus Reader Biomark) equipped with a 40 cm diameter portable antenna (BP Plus Antenna The antenna had to pass over a tag to detect it Detection height was also limited to a few centimetres (up to 30 cm depending on the presence of stones under which beetles can hide) We first conducted an experiment to assess the impact of laboratory conditions and tags on the movements of the three species sericea) was tested for signs of familiarisation with an arena where they were repeatedly released We hypothesised that their exploratory behaviour might be reduced by repeated release in the arena Individuals were released three times in the centre of a 42 cm × 27 cm plastic box (hereafter the arena) its bottom covered with white blotting paper to increase contrast with the dark insects They were filmed for 4:30 min using a camera (alternatively 2 cameras: Nikon Coolpix P100 A second group of individuals (N = 10 for A picipes) was tested for the effect of the tags on behaviour and movements Each individual was released three times in the arena and their behaviour recorded the individual was “undisturbed”; the second time a drop of glue was placed on it; the third time the glue was allowed to dry for 20 min before the individual’s movements were filmed for 4:30 min using the device described above We hypothesised that small tags glued to their elytra would not alter the movement capability of these ground-dwelling non-flying beetles Temperature in the experimental room was about 23°C Filming was done in daylight and additional artificial light was used to improve image quality and avoid shading Note that if an insect did not move for the first 2 min All the individuals used in these experiments were hand-caught in the field and stored in boxes with soil and rocks retrieved from the field Lab experiments were conducted in the days following their capture Data for each individual was treated in three steps. First, pictures (1920 × 1088 px) were extracted from the films (30 frames per sec.) at regular 5-s intervals with VLC© (scene filter on and recording ratio of 150), yielding 54 images per film. Second, the individual’s spatial coordinates in the arena were calculated via automated image analysis, as in Mallard et al. (2013) two variables related to the individual’s activity in the arena were calculated: (1) average distance travelled in 5 s defined by number of pixels visited in an arena divided into 200 square pixels This provided two daily time steps per time of day: afternoon (10:30–14:30 When the individual appeared motionless after three consecutive detections Twelve hours after starting the experiment there were two dead individuals and seven lost their tag Nine additional individuals were released at 14h30 on day 2 (N = 3 for each species) an exhaustive field search was conducted over a circle of 6 m around the release points The distance and angle to release point were recorded for each detected individual; undetected individuals were considered to have left these search areas This experiment took place under typical spring weather conditions mainly sunny days with 30–50 km/h northerly wind and light rain (< 0.5 mm for 2 h) The temperatures of the soil (10 cm below soil surface) and air (at 1.2 m above soil in the shade) were recorded with two loggers (Hobbo® There was a clear night-day temperature contrast with an average temperature of 18.8°C in the soil and 19.0°C in the air a minimum temperature of 14.1°C in the soil and 8.6°C in the air and a maximum temperature of 27.0°C in the soil and 31.0°C in the air To test for differences between sessions in distance travelled for each species (morning, day and night), we used the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test from the package rstatix (Kassambara, 2022), as the data did not follow a normal distribution, even after transformation. Pairwise comparisons were performed using the pairwise.wilcox.test function with Holm’s correction from the package rstatix (Kassambara, 2022) All statistical analyses were performed using R Statistical Software (v4.1.2 R Core Team, 2022) The distance travelled was moderately consistent (ICC ∼ 0.6) for A with some individuals travelling fast while others remained slow (A) example of an experimental run with all-time steps overlapped (B) example of three contrasting trajectories in blue White square correspond to the release point (A) Mean distance ( ± SE) travelled per time step among species and runs in the arena in pixels and (B) Mean explored area ( ± SE) among species and runs in the arena Each coloured line represents an individual In contrast, for the tag-effect test, we observed an overall effect on A. sericea [F(2, 18) = 15.15; p < 0.001]. Individuals covered significantly shorter distances per time step with the diode on their back than when carrying nothing (df = 2; p = 0.004) (Figure 4A), and also tended to cover shorter distances when they had glue alone on their backs compared to nothing (df = 2; p = 0.067) (Figure 4B) but none of the comparisons were significant after applying Holm’s correction Neither carrying the glue alone nor the diode affected the area explored indicating poor consistency in the individuals’ behaviour and poor agreement in their ranking among treatments Different letters indicate significant differences between runs (P < 0.05) Movements of the three species in the field The distances travelled by the tagged individuals did not significantly differ between species due to high individual variability (all the metrics yielded the same results) picipes individuals were found approximately 0.81 metres from their starting point (max = 2.63 m) having travelled an average of 0.22 metre in 4 h (max = 2.17) Asida sericea individuals were found approximately 1.03 metres from their starting point (max = 3.62 m) having travelled an average of 0.33 metre in 4 h (max = 3.42) Poecilus sericeus individuals tended to travel less and were found approximately 0.5 metres from their starting point (max = 1.91 m) having travelled an average of 0.13 metre in 4 h (max = 1.98) individuals started to move after 3.5-time steps for A Step length per time of day for the three study species in the field Step length in metre during night time per individual and species Assessing the movement capability of insects is essential for the implementation of effective conservation and restoration measures While the recent miniaturisation of tags is making it easier to track animals there remain constraints such as the impact of tag weight on individual movement and the short detection distance we found weak effects of the tag on individual behaviours of three small ground-dwelling beetles in the laboratory effects that were limited to the detritivore species We obtained data on their daily behaviour by closely monitoring individuals in their habitat for 48 h and then a week later we discuss the implications of these beetle species’ daily movements for the recovery of their populations in degraded areas of the Plaine de la Crau dry grassland Previous radio tracking using passive tags was limited to beetles of more than 20 mm in length and a 0.4 g body mass (Kissling et al., 2014; Testud et al., 2019) we demonstrated the validity of this technique even for smaller beetles (15 mm and 0.12 g) Despite a tendency toward shorter displacements we observed few significant changes in the behaviour of tagged individuals under laboratory conditions sericea covered significantly shorter distances per time step with the diode on caution is required in interpreting these results; although we did not observe strong short-term behavioural effects the tags could have impacts over several days or weeks be difficult to determine for our studied species which does not have to grab and carry food before eating it The method’s applicability is also limited to species moving over short distances the data we collected provide useful knowledge on the behaviour and ecology of the three studied species such as differences according to diet and daily activity We observed differences between species in the distances travelled Asida sericea travelled the most and farthest in the field whereas it was the least active and most impacted by the tag in the laboratory could have been expected to move around more than a detritivore or a granivorous species with easy access to food resources Two non-exclusive explanations can be put forward while it appeared to be unaffected by the tag in the laboratory sericeus may suffer more from the extra weight in a more structured environment of stones and dense vegetation the species being thinner and lighter than the detritivore A sericeus might prefer to remain hidden from its prey did not allow us to properly assess distance travelled and our arenas contained no hiding places Using both day and night sessions provided fundamental data on the phenology of the three species. They were all more active at night, which is relatively common in beetles, especially dark species. Dark nocturnal species have evolved as an interspecific adaptation to avoid predation (Hernández, 2002) and being nocturnal also allows them to avoid the warmer and drier daytime conditions This study highlights the limitations of using passive tags to track the movements of small terrestrial beetles The fact that detection requires the antenna to pass over the tag makes it impossible to track individuals that cover several metres per day over several weeks and thus to accurately identify their dispersal capabilities and home range the data collected here provide valuable information on the biology of the three species degraded grasslands are contiguous with preserved grassland and there are no physical barriers such as concrete roads The lower population densities found in formerly cultivated areas are therefore more likely due to less suitable habitats rather than to limited movement the spatial distribution of the patches that will ensure the most efficient management depends on the 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Their newest mountain bike is a direct evolution of the aggressive trail geometry of their popular steel Bardino enduro bike adapted with a low maintenance belt-drive drivetrain Alternating between the Canary Islands and the Portuguese coast, Nordest debuted a ti version of their Bardino last year but now that bike gets renamed along with a new updated belt-drive version sporting Pinion’s internal gearbox The ti trail hardtails share the same geometry as the original steel Bardino but the new bike adds compatibility with either the 9 or 12-speed Pinion gearboxs which helps drop the low-slung frame’s weight even further or thanks to a driveside seatstay coupler the preferred Gates belt-drive setup to further the maintenance-free ethos of the gearbox setup The bikes are welded from 3/2.5 double butted titanium tubing in Taiwan Sliding dropouts let riders adjust chainstay length and give the ability to run a range of tire setups including the bikes standard 27.5+ with up to 3″ tires The frame is designed to be built up with 160mm or even 170mm forks So it’s built to handle pretty much the toughest terrain any hardtail will get hucked down The bikes are available as framesets with either Pinion gearbox or as a frame kit including a Fox fork & matching dropper post All setups are available direct from Nordest with bikes built to order and a lead time of 8 weeks NordestCycles.com Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com Cory has been writing about mountain bikes gravel bikes & bikepacking for over 25 years even before the industry created some of these names Cory was a practicing Architect specializing in environmental sustainability has designed bike shops & bike components Cory travels extensively across Europe riding bikes meeting with key European product developers industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed Can someone explain the cable routing to me the Pinion gripshift is a two cable system and they supply it with cable adjusters coming straight out. I put custom bent cable noodles on mine to tuck them in more How do you replace the belt after it’s worn but don’t want to deal with solvents Simpyfast claims their Lube Cube is the easiest way Peak Performance expands on their MTB specific clothing with new pants Apparently that’s an option when you’re designing products for the GOAT We spotted Cofidis racing an all-new prototype wireless 13-speed Campagnolo Super Record 13 WRL SC road groupset Canyon Bicycles is now selling select models directly through Amazon.com Want wireless shifting but don’t want to have to buy a whole new drivetrain Be protected from the sun with the new UV Hooded Trail Shirt… OrNot The new Van Nicholas Astraeus is a beautiful titanium road bike that’s limited to just 50 frames Andrew Jefford delves back three decades to find out if Châteauneuf du Pape both needs and merits age How much Châteauneuf du Pape do you have in your cellar In the 1997 revision of his outstanding book on the Rhône (Wines of the Rhône Valley) Robert Parker said he drank “more Châteauneuf du Pape than any other type of wine,” and that “visitors to my private cellar can attest to the fact that my stock of Châteauneuf du Pape is proportional to my voracious taste for the appellation’s finest wines.” Two paragraphs later he lamented the fact that a Wine Spectator profile of eight ‘great American cellars’ (in August 1996) seemed to suggest that – in contrast to his own horde — the multi-million dollar collections in question excluded Châteauneuf more or less completely My suspicion is that the last twenty years haven’t seen a huge change remains the preserve of the committed enthusiast rather than a default choice for every fine-wine lover high-point Châteauneuf – respectable but rarely headline-grabbing – underline the point It’s possible that the style of the wines – extravagant uninhibited and baroque – lacks the universal appeal of graceful Set alongside Californian and Southern Hemisphere blockbusters Châteauneuf itself can seem almost burgundian Style alone cannot account for this collecting neglect I decided to taste the ‘tradition’ (or ‘grand vin’) cuvée of four leading Châteauneuf estates in three outstanding vintages The wines were supplied by the estates themselves – Ch de Beaucastel Domaine du Pégau and Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe – and I had a chance to chat to César Perrin of Beaucastel newly appointed MD Ralph Garcin of La Nerthe and Laurence Féraud of Pégau over lunch afterwards most consumers of Châteauneuf (not just the 60 per cent which is sold generically but even from leading estates like Beaucastel) are drinking the wine more or less as soon as they buy it We found that 80 per cent of it had been drunk already.” “People regard ageability,” added Ralph Garcin “like a kind of life insurance policy – it’s there but they’d rather not use it The challenge for the winemaker is to make a wine which can perform in a sprint All three producers stressed that the region hadn’t yet had as much experience in creating wines for ageing as some others “The locomotive for this is Bordeaux,” said Laurence Féraud “where the ideal was always to have a wine which could age for 50 years all Pégau was sold in bulk.” Another challenge was to understand exactly which winemaking parameters might create wines with maximum ageability – given the extraordinary latitude open to Châteanuneuf growers There are 13 grape varieties (Beaucastel uses them all) yet you can still make wine from a single variety if you want; there’s a wide range of soil types; there’s total liberty regarding ageing; and there are many differences in winemaking approaches (Pégau uses only whole bunches including stems whereas Beaucastel and La Nerthe destem everything and Vieux Télégraphe partly destems; Beaucastel briefly flash-heats the red harvest) “It’s the only way we have,” said César Perrin “of knowing the work of our elders.” Laurence Féraud goes further believing that it is via the trajectory of wine in time that you can see that “wine has a soul It’s not just the result of a set of techniques I thought the 1990 had died two or three years ago Even we growers don’t understand everything.” One of the appeals of Châteauneuf as a fine red wine is its panoramic drinking window: you can broach this unforbidding wine after a year or two yet serious examples still have the density to see out at least two decades is that the wines don’t stand still during this time the wines have acquired harmony but have not yet begun to lose detail and I’d go so far as to say that I cannot envision any Châteauneuf imperatively needing more cellar time than this Whether or not the wines reward if aged beyond the 10-year-mark depends on the quality of the vintage itself is looking good but not outstanding at 16 years; all the aromatic and flavour elements inside the wines have achieved harmony and full expression; freshness and energy are now ebbing though for the time being mature charm compensates I would only age this vintage further if you like the autumnal softness and sweetness of mature Châteauneuf suggests that the 1990 vintage was an unusually fine one The expressive nature of the wines – the cast of their flavours – is but there is still a lingering energy in their constitution engaging (allusions mingle black cherry with meat sizzling and spitting on a fire of vine prunings) the freshest and the purest of the four 2010s on the palate with a bustling dance of different notes (the black fruits have a bitter chase to them almond and liquorice tussling in there too) Not particularly tannic but supremely energetic leads you to think that this will be a classically graceful la Nerthe a 2010: the palate is much fresher and zestier than the aromas suggested There are dried herbal and grilled meat flavours This is a concentrated and generous wine but (assuming the bottle we tried was representative) I found a marked Band-Aid/phenol character suggesting a disproportionate brett component Laurence Féraud describes it as “very animal” I have not scored it for this reason but readers should note that it is greatly liked by other critics (see its Wine-Searcher entry) with four scores of 97 or 98/100 and one score of 18/20 NS The lightest in colour of the 2010 quartet and a wine of outstanding aromatic complexity (bramble lavender and honey emerge with time in the glass) A Châteauneuf which succeeds in being both commanding and refined generous aromatic profile which reminded me of fresh fur and blood-rare beef perfumed by a little menthol (this vintage of Beaucastel was unusually high in Mouvèdre this is the wine of the quartet which has kept primary fruit notes in the wine for longest to the extent that it might almost be said to remain juicy: complete Clear and translucent strawberry-red in colour though with the diagnostic La Nerthe grace and charm: the cherry is fading liquorice root and cigar leaf are beginning to take the lead this is texturally soft and expressive; the quiet fruit has a jam-pot sweetness to it yet this is balanced by what I suspect is increasingly dominant acidity I would drink it now and over the next year or two amply constructed wine with palpable tannins with acidity which remains fruit-saturated and with complex spice-and-incense notes to finish A fine effort which merits further ageing for those who love the mature style retained wild flower and lavender notes with a falling honeyed sweetness it has better volume and force than La Nerthe with notes of thyme and meaty umami framing the refined but it is the menthol note (a Beaucastel hallmark with time) which dominates there is still fine volume and energy to this aromatic profile impressively lingering tannins and some herb-and-spice complexities to finish old furniture and antique vellum book-bindings; on the palate the wine is smooth and settled with notes of cooked fruit and with soft coating tannins and a cigar-leaf refinement silver-haired bottle of wine which might linger on for a few more years though I find it hard to see how it could improve further blood-red hue and a fully mature though wonderfully aromatic character: graceful Allusions you might find include pine honey dusty leaves at the end of summer and cured meats hanging over an open fireplace though again at full maturity for me: plum bitter-edged fruitcake-and-tobacco intensity but the quality of the fruit and the nature of the allusions suggest full maturity now all smudged together into an enticing pastel wash meat juices – and that lingering stony warmth which is a hallmark of Vieux Télégraphe We will only see real change when companies like Nestlé end their expanding plastic use and invest heavily in systems that prioritize reuse A Greenpeace USA report released today, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions,” warns consumers to be skeptical of the so-called solutions announced by multinational corporations to tackle the plastic pollution crisis such as switching to paper or ‘bioplastics’ or embracing chemical recycling are failing to move us away from single-use packaging and divert attention away from beneficial systems that prioritize refill and reuse “Despite the increasing scientific understanding of the irreversible damage plastic can cause to our environment and communities plastic production is projected to dramatically increase in the coming years,” said Greenpeace USA Senior Research Specialist Ivy Schlegel “Multinational consumer goods companies continue to promote so-called sustainable alternatives that would put unacceptable pressures on natural resources such as forests and agricultural land companies need to rethink how products are delivered to consumers and invest significantly in reusable and refillable delivery systems.” Many of the world’s largest global consumer goods companies have signaled their intent to make plastic packaging more recyclable the manufacturing of products wrapped in single-use plastic or disposable packaging made from other materials The report finds that companies are investing in risky emerging chemical conversion “recycling” technologies which offer false hope and lock in demand for plastic packaging Companies have obscured the true impacts of packaging behind confusing marketing terms hoping that consumers will continue to believe the false promise that plastic can be improved These misleading claims that a product is compostable does not mean that product is good for the environment or will reduce plastic pollution “Due to public concern about the plastic pollution crisis worldwide we are witnessing a parade of corporations scrambling to look greener by putting forward false solutions to justify their addiction to single-use packaging,” said Greenpeace USA Global Project Leader Graham Forbes incineration and chemical recycling all but guarantee this environmental crisis will get worse And consumers need to be wary of groups with flashy names like the Alliance to End Plastic Waste—comprised of oil companies and multinational corporations— which have emerged to help maintain the world’s dependence on plastic end their expanding plastic use and invest heavily in systems that prioritize reuse.” plastic production and burning will emit the carbon equivalent of 189 coal-fired power plants there will be 12 billion tonnes of plastic waste in natural environments As companies recognize the threat of plastics Greenpeace is demanding that they not simply embrace a quick fix that harms the planet elsewhere We can’t protect our communities or the environment from plastic pollution unless we drastically reduce plastic production and use and this draft is a step in the right direction A shocking new Greenpeace report reveals that most types of single-use plastic — cannot be recycled in the United States A recent Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report projects that global plastic use and waste will nearly triple by 2060 with a meager increase in plastic recycling resulting in a doubling of global plastic pollution The United States Department of Energy (U.S DOE) estimated that the volume of plastic waste in the U.S.… France – May 2024 – The Feast of Mary Help of Christians at the Salesian La Navarre work had a special meaning this year since the 140th anniversary of the blessing of the Chapel of the work by Don Bosco himself The celebration was presided over by Bishop François Marie Pierre Touvet who in the homily invited those present to become "builders of fraternity" Also present for the occasion was the Fr Jean-Marie Petitclerc who opened the day by explaining the Dream at Nine Years  of age and recounting the arrival of Don Bosco in this house France – April 2024 – The Provincial Chapter of the France-Belgium South Province (FRB) is being held from 1 to 3 April at the Salesian work at La Navarre on the theme of the upcoming GC29: "PASSIONATE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST Plastic pollution is 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And thanks to pressure from people all around the world brands and retailers know they need to take responsibility for creating it We are increasingly being bombarded with corporate announcements on new packaging for products — things like “100% recyclable packaging” and are they the solution to the plastic pollution crisis Plastic waste blown away from formerly open domestic waste landfill La Crau in Entressen France film and foil entangled in bushes and washed up in canal Plastic pushed into a small bay floats just beneath the surface Companies are still creating massive amounts of waste that the planet just can’t digest it is urgent that companies take action and move towards business models that do not involve wasting the planet’s resources by turning them into disposable packaging A growing movement calls for take-aways to reduce disposable packaging and switch to returnable containers On the 4th of July Greenpeace calls upon every person in Switzerland to go grab his take away food with a reusable container Our coastlines are among the most impacted by plastic pollution in the world A study linking chemicals found in plastics to heart disease was recently released by researchers at New York University Langone Health The researchers found that phthalates used in common plastic products like food packaging have contributed to over 350,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 More than a hundred young people from Marikina last Saturday called on local and national candidates to stand up for corporate accountability and to make climate polluters pay climate-affected communities for damages Plenty of businesses are starting their own sustainability initiatives but only a few large companies are taking serious steps to slowly phase out single-use plastics from their operations These cookies will provide you a better experience of our website You will be able to hide the cookies acceptance banner and use the website features better The non-acceptance of these cookies will give you a cookie-free experience These cookies help improving the performance of Greenpeace.org They are set to collect data such as how long users stay on a page or which links are clicked This helps us make better content based on your experience navigating the website.