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By: Natural Wine Gets Busted - Fermentation

Natural Wine Gets Busted - Fermentation — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:55:39 +0000

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By: Davk

Davk — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:19:50 +0000

Natural wine for this new trend: “nothing added” (no sulfite, …)!
I think from France (see Marcel Lapierre).
For “Natural Sweet” from germany, it is also found in the south of France with “Vins doux naturels” (VDN) “Natural Sweet Wines”.

By: Fabio (Vinos Ambiz)

Fabio (Vinos Ambiz) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:34:24 +0000

A very worrying incident! Please keep us all informed if there’s any news.
1. The earliest reference to “natural wine” I’ve been able to find is from 1907, from the Languedoc. A quick search in Google will bring up quite a few results.
2. I suppose this is another symptom of the ‘natural wine phenomenon’ coming of age! Not only is it certain chemical-industrial wine corporations and certain writers that are hostile, but now they’ve been joined by official authorities! Oh well! Who was it that said, in reference to new novelties in human affairs “First they laugh at you, then they attack you, lastly the accept you”? Looks like we’re at Stage 2 already! :)

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Natural wine: Italian government crackdown | Organic Wine Journal — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:12:37 +0000

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By: Michele A. Fino

Michele A. Fino — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:34:57 +0000

I agree with Lou Amdur even if, perhaps, the many users of the word “natural” in Italy don’t share the reasons and the culture of Chauvet and Lapierre. They are just trying to get an advantage thanks to what seems positive to consumers (actually, people seem to think to “natural” imagining lakes, sheep and Stravinskij music, not famine, smallpox and heartquakes, which are not less natural…), ready to change in a moment.
The few that use “natural” in what they feel as a proper sense, have to front the leagl problems which I tried to describe and explain.

By: Lou Amdur (@LouAmdur)

Lou Amdur (@LouAmdur) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:16:41 +0000

Rod, the phrase “natural wine” as it is used today has very little to do with the 19th century German usage (Michele rightly point out the context in which the latter usage emerged). Let’s be clear: natural wine is an artifact of the writings and practices of the French chemist, perfume lover, négoce, and winemaker, Jules Chauvet, and his followers, notably the late Marcel Lapierre.

By: Vini “naturali”: il mio punto di vista «

Vini “naturali”: il mio punto di vista « — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:13:44 +0000

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By: Michele A. Fino

Michele A. Fino — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:50:44 +0000

Properly the German don’t use the adjective “natural” alone, but together with “sweet” to indicate the content in sugar that remains into the wines (first of all, the “edelsuesse” wines, as the Mosel traditional rieslings) after the end of the fermentation.
And, in my opinion explained in another post, that use is perfectly legal in the whole Europe. The problem is the use of the word “natural” by itself.

By: Vino naturale, si fa ma non si dice - Etilicamente - ComUnità - l'Unità

Vino naturale, si fa ma non si dice - Etilicamente - ComUnità - l'Unità — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:38:20 +0000

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