Organic Wine – What Is It?

Organic Wine on National Wine Day!

We love wine, but it is important that it is organic!

Exactly what is organic wine?

-Organic wines mean that winemakers exclude the use of artificial chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides.

-Grapes are part of the ‘dirty dozen’ of produce, this means that by design they tend to absorb more pesticides. Grapes have thin skins and mushy insides so when grown conventionally, they absorb more pesticides and when tested they had on average residues of five different pesticides!

-In the U.S., during the fermentation process, sulfites cannot be added to the wine in order to receive organic certification.

-There is a belief that organic or natural wines do not contain sulfites. This is not true! ALL wine contains naturally occurring sulfites, organic wines just do not have added sulfites.

– Organic winemaking also bans any GMOs or non-permitted additives.

-The biggest omission from conventional winemaking is the lack of coloring agents and concentrated wine additives like Mega Purple, and flavoring agents such as malic acid and caramel.

Now you know!