Austria · Burgenland NaturalBiodynamic
Gut Oggau and the family with faces on the label
Gut Oggau, Burgenland, Austria: Eduard Tscheppe and Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck's biodynamic wines with faces on the label, on my Neusiedlersee wine tour.
Topics
Sulfites
Winemaker stories
France · Beaujolais Natural
Mathieu and Camille Lapierre and the cold cellar of Morgon
Domaine Marcel Lapierre, Villié-Morgon, Beaujolais, France: Gamay from the Côte du Py in a cold cellar, no added sulfur, and the winemakers behind it.
France · Jura Natural
Jean-François Ganevat and the old vines of Rotalier
Domaine Ganevat in Rotalier, Jura, France: Chardonnay from vines planted in 1902, rescued old grapes, and a winemaker who brought Burgundy discipline home.
Georgia · Imereti Natural
Ramaz Nikoladze and the qvevri in a garden near Kutaisi
Nikoladzeebis Marani, Nakhshirghele, Imereti, Georgia: winemaker Ramaz Nikoladze's Tsitska from qvevri in a garden, a fifth of the skins, no added sulfur.
Wine knowledge
biodynamics · sulfites
Biodynamic wine without the mysticism
Biodynamic wine explained by a sommelier: Steiner, Demeter, cow horns, the moon calendar, what trials show, and the winemakers on my tours who farm this way.
sulfites · natural-wine
Sulfites in wine: the honest guide
What sulfites do in wine, how much a bottle really holds, who reacts to them, and how winemakers in Beaujolais, Collio and Georgia work with little or none.
natural-wine · sulfites
What natural wine actually is (and what it is not)
Sommelier Dante Minutello explains natural wine: farming, wild yeast, sulfites, how it differs from organic and orange wine, and what he pours on wine tours.
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