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Shinn Estate Vineyards – The Beginning
The past few days have been filled with bothersome “tweets” on twitter and postings on Facebook from winemakers and vineyard consultants who are questioning the benefits of organic and biodynamic winegrowing. Some are calling this mode of farming a fad and others are going so far as to post video of the two clowns Penn [...]
Continue reading...Tony Coturri on being in The Wine Report
By Tony Coturri - Dec 9, 2008
In the latest edition of Tom Stevenson’s book WINE REPORT 2009 published by DK Publishing, we have received a meaningful review. The WINE REPORT isn’t a typical rating publication like Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate or the Wine Spectator. It’s a book for savvy wine lovers. It’s a European standard. The trends in the wine [...]
Continue reading...Lagarette Wine Put To The Test
By Adam Morganstern - Sep 2, 2008
For those of you who were concerned with our previous report about pesticide residues in conventional wines, here is the flip side from a biodynamic winery in France. An analysis for better understanding our wine, our choices, our determination. It is important to be sincere and to display what defines our wine, derived from ancestral [...]
Continue reading...An Organic Debate – Part II
By Phil LaRocca - Jun 16, 2008
I was president of the California Certified Organic Farmers for 7 years, the oldest and largest certifying body, and helped formulate the original USDA rules for organic. I wasn’t a proponent of the USDA taking over organic standards. As an organic farmer from the 70s, we never had a lot of cooperation from the government. [...]
Continue reading...An Organic Debate – Part I
By Adam Morganstern - Jun 16, 2008
The use of sulfites in organic winemaking brings out very strong opinions on both sides of the issue, and the Organic Wine Journal now finds itself in the middle of this debate. We’d like to present the following letters for our readers to hear two different opinions on this subject. Organic Vintners recently starting offering [...]
Continue reading...Organic Coffee: Sustainable is Obtainable
By Harry Ryan - May 20, 2008
Sustainability isn’t difficult to understand. It’s even easier to embrace. All of us are players in this production and consumption of goods that make for our nutritional makeup. The concept of preservation, self-preservation for that matter, is what the cycle of renewal and reuse is all about. It’s really about connecting the “what” with the [...]
Continue reading...Maureen Lolonis at CIA
By Mary Borden - May 12, 2008
Maureen Lolonis spoke with students at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus on May 1st, discussing Lolonis vineyards and winery and tasting eight of their signature wines. The 2006 Chardonnay was my favorite. Maureen is an avid storyteller, and was quick to tell the history behind her family’s winery. In 1914, Tryfon Lolonis, an [...]
Continue reading...Masters Of Wine – The Organic Question
By Joe Fattorini - Mar 18, 2008
Some of you may have heard of the ‘Master of Wine’ – the terrifyingly challenging qualification that marks the pinnacle of wine knowledge. With a reputed 8% pass rate and only a mere 275 or so ‘MW’s’ in the world, it’s an exclusive group. And as you’d expect, MW’s are expected to take a view [...]
Continue reading...Letter From New Zealand
By Charles Finny and Wendy Hinton - Mar 17, 2008
We at Kawarau Estate were delighted to welcome the Organic Wine Journal’s Editor-In-Chief, Adam Morganstern, to our vineyard in Central Otago, New Zealand. Our winery was established in 1992, and this year we are celebrating our tenth vintage. The United States has been our most important overseas market since we began exporting, and we [...]
Continue reading...Letter From Canada
By Kaz Brownlee - Mar 16, 2008
I began drinking organic wines to explore how to avoid the headaches and hungover feeling I got after a couple of glasses of wine at events or dinners with friends. While many people are not affected by sulfites, there are those, like me, who adore wine but need a palatable alternative. Several years ago organic [...]
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By Barbara Shinn - Mar 19, 2010
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