Artisan wine and industrial wine

It is about a claim that the winemakers make on themselves and their wines.

Artisan wine and industrial wine

The credo of natural winegrowers is: Let nature do the work, because the grape already has everything in itself

everything it needs for a good wine: Different yeast strains (especially on the skin of the grapes)

of the grapes), sugars, acids, tannins... The less the winemaker has to interfere in the winemaking process, the better. The work in the cellar is in the best case "controlled little doing":

To get so far as a natural winegrower, to be able to afford to intervene as little as possible in the winemaking process,

to intervene as little as possible during winemaking, it requires meticulously clean work in the cellar and enormous

The work in the vineyard must be carried out throughout the year: pruning in winter, replanting in spring, regular mechanical loosening of the soil in order to increase the number of biological helpers and the variety of microorganisms in the soil, to revitalize it, ...

The work basically never stops. And nature then has a big say:

What is the weather during the most important weeks of the year, namely flowering?

Rain, cold, wind or good conditions? And at harvest time, the decision as to whether

ripeness (more criteria than just the sugar content: acidity, development of the seeds and flesh).

of the seeds and pulp, etc). As soon as the grapes arrive in the cellar, the weeks of tension begin for natural winegrowers: Will everything work out, with as little intervention as possible?

One thing must be clear to consumers of conventionally made wine: there is really

because modern vinification technology is equipped for all (all!) eventualities.

is equipped for all eventualities. Winemaking is really no longer an art, but a process controlled down to the smallest detail

controlled, food-technical process. Nothing is left to chance or even to nature here

is left to chance or even nature, since a lot of money is at stake.

Making good natural wine: Yes, that is great

craftsmanship ... and also art!