Caine Thompson is Head of Sustainability at O'Neill Vintners and Distillers. A regenerative wine pioneer who is rewriting what sustainability looks like in viticulture, Caine is helping O'Neill steward their grapes toward a future where wine is not only world class, but also climate positive. He has become one of the most influential voices in regenerative wine. A New Zealand born viticulturist, he has also co-founded the global One Block Challenge, a program aimed at de-risking the transition to regenerative viticulture and enabling growers to implement regenerative practices in a secure way.

In this episode host Ben Bardsley and Caine dig deep into the regenerative playbook, from turning a vineyard into a living lab to measuring soil health like a balance sheet, to scaling regenerative viticulture across thousands of acres on the west coast of the United States. 

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