{"id":1814,"date":"2021-04-29T15:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2021-04-29T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:38:38","slug":"green-wine-tastes-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Green Wine Tastes Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, we don\u2019t mean wine that\u2019s green in color.\u00a0 Nor red wine with heavy accents of green pepper; those don\u2019t taste good at all.\u00a0 Nor the vinho verde<\/em> of Portugal, whose green-ness means that it is young.\u00a0 We are talking about wines made using sustainable agricultural methods and in many cases eschewing pesticides, fertilizer and additives.\u00a0 When we visit wineries around the world to try some of their wines, we know nothing about their farming practices and not much more about how their wines are made.\u00a0 To be honest, we don\u2019t care.\u00a0 What\u2019s important to us is what\u2019s in our glasses.<\/p>\n

But with a little bit of contemplation, we do realize that what the farmers are doing contributes to our enjoyment and in several ways to our enjoyment in the future.\u00a0 If they don\u2019t care for the land there won\u2019t be wine from their fields in years to come.\u00a0 If they aren\u2019t respectful of the climate, they may not even have any wine this year; the fires in Napa and Sonoma counties are proof of that.<\/p>\n

The best agricultural practices would be unavailing if the wine weren\u2019t good.\u00a0 Our experience tells us that when the vineyard manager and the winemaker collaborate on sustainable and sanitary winemaking, the results are worth the effort.\u00a0 Simply put, making wine well produces well-made wine.\u00a0 While we are unaware of any scientific evidence in support of this proposition, we do have a lot of anecdotal support.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For example, the Famille Perrin C\u00f4tes-du-Rh\u00f4ne R\u00e9serve Rouge is a widely available, inexpensive red wine.\u00a0 It\u2019s the kind of wine found on many a French table every night (and ours, from time to time).\u00a0 The same house also produces a C\u00f4tes-du-Rh\u00f4ne Nature<\/em> for a few dollars more.\u00a0 It\u2019s only recently available in the United States, but we have tasted and compared the two wines in Qu\u00e9bec and it is clear that the Nature is far superior.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The indicator of biodynamic certification<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps not coincidentally, Perrin also owns Tablas Creek Vineyard in California\u2019s Paso Robles.\u00a0 They are proud to declare that they are certified as biodynamic and organic winemakers.\u00a0 According to their web site, Tablas Creek uses:<\/p>\n

\u201ca mobile flock of 150+ sheep and alpacas to weed and fertilize the vineyard, interplantings of hundreds of fruit trees around and within the vineyards, compost made on site from prunings and grape must, applications of compost tea from the on-site compost, natural pest controls including 39 owl boxes around the vineyard and sections of native vegetation left to attract insects and predators, and our own hives of bees to support all these different plant species\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now, we\u2019re not quite sure how much difference sheep, bees and owls contribute to the winemaking process.\u00a0 But we are certain that, to our taste, Tablas Creek makes the best Rh\u00f4ne-style wines in Paso Robles.<\/p>\n

We believe that specific farming and winemaking practices are not in themselves the reasons why being eco-friendly results in better-tasting wine.\u00a0 It requires more attention to detail, to sanitation, to taking good care of the environment in the field and in the factory.\u00a0 This seriousness of purpose finds its way into the bottle and ultimately into our mouths.\u00a0 This is no secret formula, but it does taste like it works.<\/p>\n

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Of course, we don\u2019t mean wine that\u2019s green in color.\u00a0 Nor red wine with heavy accents of green pepper; those don\u2019t taste good at all.\u00a0 Nor the vinho verde of Portugal, whose green-ness means that it is young.\u00a0 We are talking about wines made using sustainable agricultural methods and in many cases eschewing pesticides, fertilizer … Continue reading Green Wine Tastes Good<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}