What is natural wine?
Natural wine is more than just a drink - it’s a philosophy, a way of life rooted in respect for nature and minimal human intervention. No artificial additives, no manipulation, just the pure essence of the grape. A living wine that reflects the terroir, the producer, and the harmony of the natural world.
Raw material
The producer preferably grows the grapes themselves, at least using an organic or biodynamic approach, or procures them from such sources.
Nothing added
The producer does not add any additives, preferably not even sulfur.
Nothing removed
The producer does not take anything from it, meaning the wine is made without clarification or filtration.
Holistic approach, philosophy, faith, nature
Natural wine is always a well-defined, holistic approach, philosophy or belief.
is made along the lines of. Its fundamental realization is that man is unable to fully understand the processes of nature, and cannot create anything more beautiful or better than its divine harmonies. In the process of making natural wine, the producer's activity is therefore limited to a few well-chosen, essential steps. His artistic individuality unfolds at a higher level, in meticulous collaboration with nature.
Living matter
An important qualitative feature of natural wine is that it is a living substance. Thus, it presents a much greater completeness of the processes prevailing in nature. It therefore contains, for example, broom, volatile acid or reduction, which are also the means of expression of the producer, their extent being the result of the joint work of nature and the producer. In addition to this statement, it is very important to state that natural wine cannot be defective! Natural wine - since it is a living substance - has different expectations than technological wine. They can react more sensitively to transport and temperature, but at the same time, under the right conditions, they can be orders of magnitude more expressive, richer in detail and even have a longer maturation potential.
Natural wine is an ideal
Natural wine is an ideal that is very difficult to achieve. In certain situations, the producer must decide to relax point 3 of the definition for stability and add a little sulfur, but only before bottling. In our trade, we mostly work with batches in which the total sulfur content is below 30mg/L ... and finally: natural wine is much more than just wine: let's pay attention to our body's reaction when tasting it with a technological wine!
