What is natural wine?

Natural wine, also referred to as 'low intervention' or 'raw' wine is not a legally defined term. It's a movement and a philosophy rather than an absolute definition. The bottom line of natural winemaking is to interfere in the grape growing and wine making processes as little as possible.

In the vineyard:

The usual grape growing practices aim to increase and maintain biodiversity in the vineyard and intervene into the soil composition, flora and fauna at an absolute minimum. These practices include:

sustainable, organic or biodynamic grape growing (with or without the certification)
favouring physical over chemical interventions, ie.: no synthetic herbicides and pesticides
hand picking grapes at harvest

In the winery:

When it comes to winemaking, the aim is to guide the wine along the vinification process with minimal intervention. The practices include:

minimal level of clarification and filtration, if any
spontaneous fermentation with the yeast naturally occurring in the vineyard rather than cultured yeast
adding minimal or no sulphites

"Whatever nature gives me, that's what I have in the bottle"

Jiří Barta, winemaker

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What is natural wine?

In the vineyard:

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