Organic Wine

Organic products are seen as being quite trendy. Everyone likes to be seen doing there bit for the environment these days. It usually costs that bit more as there is sometimes more care and effort gone into the product or so they say.

A truly organic wine can’t be made unless it comes from organic grapes. This means that the grapes used must be grown without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides or herbicides that are used to protect vines from pests and managing weeds. Wineries have had to come up with new ways of combating these pests using things from the natural world.

Once the organic grapes are harvested, any other additive that is usually introduced at the winery such as yeast must also be organic or it will compromise the wines organic status. Wines which then come into contact with non organic ingredients cannot be labelled as organic but could read “made with organic grapes.”

At the end of the day, there are many great tasting wines out there, some organic, some not. If you are going to go down the organic route then make sure you are buying the real deal.