In our ongoing journey to re-frame organic in the wine world, we’re going to play with the term, “Living Wine”.

Wine in general needs to open a while, and we’re talking more than an hour. Imagine wine that gets better for several days once opened, maybe 3, 4, or 5 days. Continue reading “Chew on This” »

In Demystifying Natural Wine, Digging Deeper, Glossary, Natural Winemaking, Wineries | Tagged with sustainability

Terminologically confused? Green wine, natural wine, sustainable wine, organic wine… If you’ve tasted a wine labeled organic wine, would you agree with me if I said they just don’t consistently taste great? What’s up with that? It’s because laws came into practice for Organic Wine to include no sulfites added. Continue reading “The Green Wine Confusion Helper” »

In Certifications, Demystifying Natural Wine, Digging Deeper, Glossary, Jeff's Blog, Sustainable Practices | Tagged with natural wine, organic wine, sustainability

Agriculture is not natural to start with. We need it, our communities need it, and our world needs it. There are many different ways to do it. Different forms of agriculture include monoculture, polyculture and permaculture. Farming practices include conventional, organic and Biodynamic®.

Industrial and large-scale agriculture most often show up as monoculture (one crop fills all the cleared land). Can that kind of cutting away, and putting in a monoculture, be a good thing? Does the story start to change when some biodiversity is part of, or is added to a one-crop farm? What about when there’s a monoculture next to monoculture, and so on? Who and what exactly are supported by that set of dominos? Continue reading “An Agricultural Perspective” »

In Biodynamics, Glossary, Jeff's Blog, Storytelling, Sustainable Practices | Tagged with organic, Vitality