Posts Tagged organic

• An Agricultural Perspective - August 11th, 2009

  If you haven’t seen Food, Inc., go! It says a lot. And it speaks to what’s behind what we’re choosing.

  This rambling is based on the idea that agriculture is not natural to start with.

• A Panel of Grape Growers - August 5th, 2009

  I attended a conference called, Growing Even Greener: Ecowinegrowing in California’s North Coast in Hopland, CA. The whole experience was an awe-filled mouthful. I’m excited to see the word sustainability taking on a bigger picture meaning that has lots of soul.

  Here’s a little punch line storytelling…

• To Sulfite or Not to Sulfite? - June 24th, 2009

  One of the biggest questions I hear is, does the wine contain sulfites? Sulfites are used in wine for lots of things. Elemental sulfur (which is an organic compound) is used in the vineyards to prevent powdery mildew. Sulfur dioxide is used at several spots.

• Biodynamic Wine from Cowhorn Vineyards - June 20th, 2009

  I recently visited Bill Steele of Cowhorn Vineyards in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley (a solidly under the radar viticultural area). When one discovers how young their vines are, paired with how good their wines are, the question becomes, ‘what’s up with that’? Answer #1: Biodynamically farmed grapes made according to Demeter standards so the wine can be labelled as Biodynamic® Wine.