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Search Results for: biodynamic

Biodynamic wines and the lunar eclipse

21/01/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The impact of the lunar eclipse on my glass of wine was zero because I was wisely sipping hot lemon and ginger tea at 4:30 this morning, a chilly wind rustling the nearby palm trees loudly. I had slept for 4 hours, then woke up to see if the moon show was worth my time. […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Albariño, Andalusia, biodynamic wines, Costa del Sol, fruit and food days wine taste, full moon, Galician wine, La Cala de Mijas, lunar eclipse, Rias Baixas, Ribero del Duero, Rose Box, rust moon, Spain

Could biodynamic be the future of Swiss wine?

20/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Nicolas Joly pitches biodynamic to the Swiss Nicolas Joly is a superstar in the increasingly accepted world of biodynamic winemaking, although he would probably cringe at that label. But a presentation Monday night in Valais, at the Tsampéhro cellar in Flanthey, made it was easy to see why he’s not just another farmer touting natural […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Coulée de Serrant, Demeter Switzerland, Denis Mercier, Domaine de Beudon, Flanthey, Fully, Georgia wines, Madeleine Mercier, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Nicolas Joly, price biodynamic wines, Renaissance des Appellations, Swiss Association for Biodynamic Farming, Tsampéhro

Wine language: amphores, eggs, biodynamic (update)

16/10/2014 by Ellen Wallace 8 Comments

Demeter and Swiss biodynamic vines Update: just after I posted this, Jacques Perrin’s latest blog post arrived, about the course I followed last week. It’s in French, but for anyone who reads French, it’s a good review of some of the current thinking about the use of cement eggs, amphores, etc. Correction: Writer Wink Lorch […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: amphores, biodynamic, concrete eggs, José Vouillamoz, organic, Pierre Thomas, Robert McIntosh, Vineglorious! book reviews

Festival de la Terre, biodynamic wines

13/06/2013 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Tasting opportunity – Swiss biodynamic wines that are featured in the new "Guide des vins en biodynamie" (Fri, 12-01:30, Sat, 10-01:30, Sun 10-19:00)

Filed Under: Food & dining

Biodynamic wines, slipping into the mainstream

22/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

New guide provides useful tool GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organic wines, known as “bio” in French, and more particularly biodynamic wines, were long regarded suspiciously by many consumers, conjuring up vague (and not quite right) images of hippy wines made with animal horns and consumed with unpalatable brown rice. Those were the bad old days and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Anne Mueller, Beudon, biodynamic wines, Chasselas, Demeter, Evelyne Malnic, Fully, Guide des Vins en Biodynamie, Jacque Granges, La Capitaine, ladybug, Maision Féret, Marie-Therese Chappaz, organic, Ramond Paccot, Reynald Parmelin, Riesling-Sylvaner, Villeneuve, Vinatura label, wine books

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