Organic & biodynamic

Organic wines :

The BIO certification for wines has only recently been introduced (2012). Before, this certification took into account viticulture, but not vinification. Wine growers whose wines are certified BIO are obliged to add no synthetic or insecticide treatment in the vineyards.

BIODYNAMIC WINE

The Biodynamic approach is even more advanced than the Biological approach. Winegrowers using this method try to strengthen the soil life of their vines, in order to obtain a better exchange between the soil and the vine. To do this, they use herbal preparations, energize or macerate to help the vine become stronger and grow better.

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Organic wines :

The BIO certification for wines has only recently been introduced (2012). Before, this certification took into account viticulture, but not vinification. Wine growers whose wines are certified BIO are obliged to add no synthetic or insecticide treatment in the vineyards.

BIODYNAMIC WINE

The Biodynamic approach is even more advanced than the Biological approach. Winegrowers using this method try to strengthen the soil life of their vines, in order to obtain a better exchange between the soil and the vine. To do this, they use herbal preparations, energize or macerate to help the vine become stronger and grow better.

It is a philosopher, Rudolf Steiner, who instituted the beginnings of this practice, also called "Anthroposophy". The permitted use of sulfur is lower than that authorized for organic wines.

Sulfur dioxide is the most widely used chemical additive in the making of a wine. It is also the most controversial because of some allergies it can cause if present in too large quantities. However, we find sulphite in all living beings, and even unsweetened wines contain it in minute quantities.

The site fr.morethanorganic.com gives us the history of the use of sulfur in wine :

« If it is often said that the Romans used sulfur to preserve their wines, the proof was never clearly established.

The first explicit mention of its use in vinification goes back to a German royal decree of 1487. it authorized the vine growers to burn wooden shavings in the barrels used to preserve the wine.

It is an effective disinfection method that is still being practiced today (pure sulfur powder is used instead of wood chips) although steam cleaning is now an alternative.

Prestige Millesimes - Bio & Biodynamie
Prestige Millesimes - Bio & Biodynamie

The systematic use of sulfur dioxide to control the fermentation and stabilize the wine at the time of bottling was developed and perfected by French from North Africa at the beginning of the 20th century.

It was a method to be able to produce a wine in climates too hot. The process was then applied to other climates to make wine without much attention. »

NATURALS WINE

Today, the production of sulfur-free nature wines is in vogue. Natural wines are produced without weed killers, pesticides, fertilizers or other synthetic products. The harvest is done by hand, with the aim of keeping the natural character of the wine. Chemical interventions are totally prescribed in the production of natural wines. Only the use of sulfite in very small quantities is possible.

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