Organic wine

More and more wine lovers are choosing organic wine. Organic wine is not only cleaner and more sustainable than 'regular wine'. Organic wine is often also of high quality. After all, the organic winemaker has to use all kinds of smart tricks to protect his grapes. He has creativity and dedication. Often it is precisely the better winemakers who take on this challenge. And you can taste it.

The main difference between an organic wine and a 'normal wine' is that the former is made from organically grown grapes. The organic winemaker uses all kinds of clever 'tricks' to keep the vineyard healthy and to protect the grapes from diseases. He has creativity, knowledge and above all a lot of dedication.

The bag of tricks of the organic winegrower is fascinating. The organic winemaker is not allowed to use artificial fertilizers. He must limit the use of pesticides to an absolute minimum. To keep harmful insects out of the vineyard, for example, he plants specific flowers. The flowers attract the insects that are harmful to the grapes. The insects attract birds that in turn eat the insects from the vineyard.

Ducks eat the snails from the vineyard

Meanwhile, the chickens or ducks of the organic winegrower scratch around between the vines to remove larvae and snails 'professionally'. Algae are used to stimulate root growth. Planting clover in the vineyards keeps the soil aerated and birds of prey are sometimes used to keep rodents at bay.

The organic approach contributes to the quality of the wine in various ways. Because no artificial fertilizer is used, the roots often grow deeper into the soil to find sufficient nutrients. This is good for the taste of the wine. The grapes for organic wine are almost always picked by hand. The best ripened grapes are selected. A grape picking machine cannot compete with that.

You don't become an organic winegrower out of convenience

But the most important thing is probably the dedication of the organic winegrower. He has to use much more creativity and make an effort to make good organic wine. You don't become an organic winegrower out of convenience or for the money, but out of passion for your profession, respect for nature and love for wine.

Biodynamic winegrowers go one step further than organic winegrowers. They see their business as a 'living organism'. All aspects of the farm and nature are connected. The farm is self-sufficient. biodynamic wine is therefore always organic, but not the other way around.