On May 8, 2:39 pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> wrote:
> > Has anyone else noticed this term steadily gaining currency over the
> > last twelve months ?
>
> > It used to be something you weren't allowed to say.
>
> > Jamie Goode (not exactly a wine hippy) now regularly uses it on his
> > blog (see here :http://www.wineanorak.com/blog/label...al%20wine.html)
> > and both he and Alice Feiring are apparently writing books on the
> > subject.
>
> >http://www.morethanorganic.computs quite a good case for the
> > difference between 'natural' and 'organic' wines, but I can't help
> > feeling it's just smart way of selling their product.
>
> > Even Hugh Johnson seems to have retracted an article in which he
> > called the idea of natural wine 'bogus' (see, or rather don't see,
> > here :http://www.vinography.com/archives/2...ntic_wine....).
>
> > It now seems to be current as a way of describing certain fairly
> > extreme organic wines. These may well need a term distinct from
> > 'organic', but surely there has to be a better alternative ?
>
> > Any suggestions ?
>
> "Natural Wine" is an actual movement among French winemakers. It refers
> to an ethic that minimizes/avoids the use of SO2 to stabilize wine,
> favors a non-interventionist approach to winemaking (indigenous yeasts,
> little or no use of new oak, etc.) and viticulture (hand harvesting,
> selection massale). Organic winemaking is far less restrictive since it
> just concerns the use of pesticides and fertilizers in the vineyard.
> For a good discussion of it, see Joe Dressner's recent article on his
> blog:http://www.joedressner.com
>
> Mark Lipton
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I could not resist. The ultimate natural wine, is vinegar. There are
some misinformed people that take it as a matter of faith that natural
or organic is superior. This is a theology, and not based on
scientific facts or reason. It usually is useless to argue with people
with such beliefs, just as it usually is useless to argue with someone
about which religion, if any, is the best. More reasonable people try
to do what makes the best product, be it drink or food. This may be to
do nothing in some cases, or if may involve many steps by man in
others. While man has done some things that harm, on the average many
more things have been done right since the scientific era. One need
only mention the greatly increased life span in developed nations that
have enough money for food and other essentials for a healthy life.
There was a time when 50 years was very old.