Comments on Jenn A.'s review of Organic Wine
Organic wines are better!
Organic wines are generally better than most wines -- but the bottom line is: really good wine is usually created using organic or biodynamic processes because those are generally more sustainable. Or, to put it another way - "Fine wine doesn't need to be fined."
If you're drinking cheap wine of dubious origin, chances are you're getting more than just grapes. Look into that. Organic wines, however, are basically produced without the pesticides and additives found in most of those wines. Biodynamic grape growing and wine making processes take it a step further -- they use very sustainable processes that are in tune with the land, the grapes and the seasons.
To put it another way, vintner George Unti told me on a trip to his winery a few weeks ago, "All biodynamic wine is organic, even if they aren't getting a specific certification, but not all organic wine is biodynamic." George has slowly been converting all of his vineyard over to biodynamic processes. He admitted, "Some of it sounds like a bit of hocus pocus" because it requires paying attention to the moon cycles and such, but that it isn't much different than farmers who rely on Farmer's Almanac to plant and harvest their crops.
Further, organic standards vary from state to state and by country -- so as long as a vintner is meeting those standards, the wine is organic there -- though it might not qualify elsewhere. Organic wines are not all sulfite-free, either. Sulfites are part of the natural winemaking process -- they occur naturally in fermentation. Some winemakers add sulfites to stabilize the wines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_wine
http://www.untivineyards.com/
Jenn A.'s keywords: wine, organic, biodynamic
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