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Biodynamic Winegrowing - Myth or Reality?


More and more wine lovers and professionals are discovering a source of complexity, a surge of vitality and an additional purity in the increasing number of biodynamic wines. There is also no doubt that this type of agriculture can be ...

Ditch The Heavyweight Glass Bottles


I’ll be honest; I wouldn’t buy a wine that was contained in anything else but a glass bottle. Bag in Box? Nada. PET bottle? Irredeemably naff. Tetrapak? That’s for milk. But it’s time to fight the creeping tendency towards bottling wine ...

Discovering Organic Wines


Many years ago I stood in the middle of an organic vineyard for the very first time (Aubert de Villaine’s at Bouzeron in the Cote Chalonnaise, since you ask ). I could tell the difference from the conventional vineyard next ...

The Benziger Dilemma


Benziger is the last family winery of its size left in California. Located in Glen Ellen, it has, as the Europeans say, a “beautiful position.” With its verdant rolling hills, constant blue skies, and the warm Sonoma earth, I can ...

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