EUROPE’S BIODYNAMIC WINE MAKERS SWIM AGAINST THE TIDES
A nice article from MARCEL MICHELSON for REUTERS LIFE!
(Reuters Life!) – In the shadow of the big Vinexpo wine and spirits industry fair here last month, a group of international wine-makers gathered to promote wines that go against the mega-commercial trend to sell ever larger uniform quantities to big markets such as the United States [...]
SPRING IS IN THE AIR … (5–PORTUGAL)
The biggest surprise for me during the COENECOOP ‘Spring is in the air’ tasting a few weeks ago, was surely CASA DE MOURAZ, from Portugal. I was actually tired and wanted to go home before the traffic jams around Utrecht, but I was strongly advised by the COENECOOP’s staff to taste those Portuguese wines. They [...]
LAPOSTOLLE: VINEYARDS APALTA & LAS KURAS DEMETER® CERTIFIED
Lapostolle Apalta & Las Kuras vineyards recently received biodynamic certification by DEMETER®.
“Right after the spring equinox appears here in the South Hemisphere on September 23rd, the rebirth of our vineyards begins for this 2010/2011 season. After five years of working in concert with nature, we easily realize today how much our vineyards have changed. The [...]
BERNHARD OTT (AUSTRIA): HIGHLY NATURAL WINE
Press release – April 2010
Winemaker Bernhard Ott (Wagram, Lower Austria) has fulfilled a long-held dream: during the 2009 harvest, he made a wine with methods used thousands of years ago. Entirely naturally and practically without any intervention.
Ott returned to the roots of European wine culture and bought [...]
JOHN COCHRAN PASSED AWAY
I was just visiting the website of BIODYVIN (Biodynamics winemakers syndicate) and read the bad news…
“Tous les vignerons Biodyvin ont la profonde douleur de vous faire part du décès de John Cochran, époux de Véronique Cochran, vignerons au Château Falfas depuis 1988.”
A very, very sad news. John Cochran passed away peacefully on March 13. His [...]
