Organic Grapes Make Organic Wine

What is an organic wine? Just what is it that distinguishes it from the others? Is it noticeably better? How do we learn more about this and where does biodynamic fit in? According to Jacques Benoit, it’s the Organic Wine guide that answers all these questions, recently issued by author and Chronicle writer Pascal Patron in French: Guide des vins bio (Edition Quebecor, Can. Dollars $29.95). In reality, writes Pascal, talking about organic wine is not entirely proper. It’s the grapes which are organic, and thus, as a consequence, the wine. It’s a wine coming originally from organic grapes. The normes of European production, beginning in 1991, require among other things that the vintner doesn’t use any chemical products in synthesis of fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. Then, before having the right to mention, wine coming from organic grapes, on the tag, it’s necessary to prerequisite to have cultivated the winery/vineyard in respecting the rules for three years.

From a gustative point of view, organic wines do more for one, because they are known to keep their native yeasts and all the characteristics of the region and year they are issued.  Nevertheless, the same way lousy conventional wines exist, one can also find lousy organic wines. To sum it up, a wine isn’t necessary better just because it’s been made with organically grown grapes, but there are other additional criteria to make up a good wine. A lot of information about good wines is provided in French language on a Quebec website:

http://vinquebec.com