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by Organic Wine Journal
on May 16, 2012
in Features
Xavier Planty,head of Château Guiraud, was interviewed by The Drinks Business about becoming the first Grand Cru Sauternes to carry the French AB label for being organic. He discusses the benefits he started seeing in his vineyards after farming organically, but what do they title the article?
“French Organic Wine Quality Mixed”
This was based on one comment which is true for all wines, not just organic. It’s only when dealing with organic wines, where winemakers are suddenly supposed to defend an entire category of other winemakers they have no association with, that this sentence seems to have meaning with wine journalists. We’ll love the day that all conventional winemakers have to refer to the quality of Yellowtail in every article they are in.
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Posted
by Organic Wine Journal
on May 11, 2012
in Features
From Decanter:
Over 200 UK restaurants are offering natural wines as part of Real Wine Month.
‘A few years ago natural wines weren’t even a ripple in the collective consciousness of the UK restaurant scene,’ said Doug Wregg of importer Les Caves de Pyrene, organiser of both the Real Wine Fair and Real Wine Month.
‘Now there are wine bars and top class restaurants that specialise in these kind of wines. The Real Wine Month takes this a step further by effectively asking restaurants to go directly to the consumer and allowing them to choose what they like to drink.’
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Posted
by Organic Wine Journal
on May 11, 2012
in Features
From Alice Feiring:
So, welcome a new group: Les Vins S.A.I.N.S. (Les Vins Sans Intrant Ni Sulphites). Those in the group are all French with one Italian. Included in this group are at least 10 vignerons with wines that I like/love.
Future members will be admitted only if the board is unanimous. There will be no police, the candidates must pledge honesty. There will be more groups like this coming down in the future. We already have something similar with more forgiving criteria in Association Des Vins Naturels, there are groups in Austria and there are groups that belong to Renaissance as well as Vin Natur. So, let the anarchy begin.
More info here.
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Posted
by Organic Wine Journal
on May 8, 2012
in Features
So says Business BCN:
It has been a long time since wineries like Albert i Noya (now in its fourth generation) introduced organic farming to its vineyards.
In the late ‘70’s, when everyone was into other things, this visionary winery was beginning to produce its first wines from their organically grown vineyards.
On this long journey every year more Spanish wineries have joined in, placing Spain at the forefront of global organic viticulture, boosting it into 3rd place.
As for the remainder of Spanish wineries, virtually all of the DOs have a good number of them, with Catalonia the greenest of all. Seeing serious growth, in just one year we have gone from 86 to 108 wineries.
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Posted
by Organic Wine Journal
on May 8, 2012
in Features
A portuguese Biodynamic wine available at Appellation Wine & Spirits:
The grapes are grown in the appellation Lima Valley within Vinho Verde. The estate sits on a bed of granitic earth in a bio-rich zone where eucalyptus, acacia, and chestnut orchards are plentiful. The vines grow on trees in a pergola-trained system. I find their biodynamic wine to be vibrant, a little floral, carrying a long fruity finish. Some red Vinho Verde can have a hint of effervescence. I didn’t find this to be the case with Afros. It’s as dark as squid ink almost daring you to get to know its core being.
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Posted
by Organic Wine Journal
on May 6, 2012
in Features
An organic wine competition being held in Germany, organized by Martin Darting and Gisela Wüstinger of WINE System is now accepting submissions. For more information go to www.organicwineaward.eu.
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