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Are you familiar with the term Biodynamic Wine Making?

Biodynamic viticulture is relatively new and very few people actually know that this method of organic farming was originally developed in Austria by a gentleman named Rudolf Steiner more than 90 years ago. Rudolf Steiner’s theory was that wine is a living organism that responds to the Moon's rhythms in the same way that some people believe humans do. 

This means Biodynamic wine making is similar to organic farming, but a key difference is that planting vines and picking the grapes is timed according to the movement of the moon. A specific lunar calendar was then created to provide a guide for choosing the best possible days for the specific wine making activities.

Do I think Biodynamic wines taste better than organic and non-organic wines? Well in a blind tasting of 10 pairs of biodynamic and conventionally made wines, conducted by Fortune magazine and judged by seven wine experts, nine of the biodynamic wines were judged superior to their conventional counterpart. That said, I can hostely say that I have tried many really good ones, but also some that I would not recommend

If you are intrigued by this phenomenon then I suggest you try our Biodynamic red, Pater 2012. This masterpiece made by the family owned winery Cellar Ficaria, is a limited edition wine with a production of only 1169 bottles per vintage. It also happens to have been voted the best red wine form D.O. Montsant in 2015. Enjoy!

Does Manual Harvesting Improve the Quality of Wine?

The answer is; “Absolutely!”

Good winemaking is not only about wine-philosophy and tradition, understanding the details that play a vital role in quality winemaking, is essential. For instance, the way grapes are picked is highly important.

Of course mechanical harvesting is faster and works well when covering vast quantities of wine fields, but if you want to produce a fine wine that takes time. Manual harvesting is more time consuming, however it not only allows for a better grape selection, it also helps to avoid crushing the grapes which is a huge benefit as oxidation begins once the grape skins have been punctured. Also, by using smaller containers to transfer the grapes reduces the amount of grapes damaged during harvest.

During years of bad harvest when the grapes have been attacked by fungal diseases, manual grape picking also helps avoid that infested grapes end up as part of the finished product.

In case you did not know, Cloud9Wines only work with wineries that promote manual grape picking. All of our selected wineries do the harvest by hand using 10-12kg grape boxes.

In my opinion high quality wine makers choose hand picking.