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Elizabeth Riadi Group moderatorThe company name is only visible to registered members.Masters of Wine to host Biodynamic Question Time
Masters of Wine to host Biodynamic Question Time
March 31, 2005
Oliver Styles
The Institute of Masters of Wine will host an inaugural seminar on Biodynamic wines next week in an effort to unveil some of the 'mysticism' surrounding the practice.
The seminar, held on 6 April and entitled Biodynamic Question Time, is the first of its kind for the 50 year-old London institution.
'I don't believe there's been a Biodynamic-only event on this scale before in this country,' said event chair Beverley Blanning MW.
Top winemakers Olivier Humbrecht MW of Alsace's Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Dave Koball of Fetzer in California and Rhône's Michel Chapoutier will join a panel of biodynamic wine experts including Monty Waldin and Stephen Skelton MW to answer questions on the little-known practice.
'The Masters of Wine have been talking about doing this for some time. There's always been an interest there and I feel the time is right. Biodynamics is beset by questions and veiled in mysticism,' said Blanning.
Biodynamic farming is often compared with homeopathy and can illicit fierce reactions among outsiders. One question to the panel, decanter.com has learned, will ask whether viticulturalists have to accept 'this pseudo-science' to grow the best grapes.
Biodynamic viticulture is a form of Organic farming in which the use of synthetic pesticides is forbidden. Many of its theories originate from Austrian Philosopher Rudolf Steiner who believed that plant life was influenced by events occurring in the 'cosmos'. Great importance is placed on the position of the moon, the planets and the stars and their relative positions, for example, dictate when a producer will prune the vines.
After the seminar, attendees will be invited to take a walk-around tasting of Biodynamic producers' wines including offerings from Zind-Humbrecht, Clos de la Coulée de Serrant, M. Chapoutier, Domaine Leflaive, Huët, Millton Vineyard and Champagne Fleury.
- 01 Apr 2005, 4:56 pm
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boris politiThe company name is only visible to registered members.Re: Masters of Wine to host Biodynamic Question Time
there is mysticism around biodynamic practice, however, i've taken a quick check on the wine i buy for personnal consumption and guess what...most of them are either organic or biodynamic
coming from a guy that consider himself a positivist hedonist it is quite strange...i do not believe in homeopathy, nor in the principles of biodynamic nor do i specially care if it is organic...but the truth is that at the end of the day 95% of the wines that i buy are either organic or biodynamic...somehow they are more complex, tastier,longer, more delicate...
i do not know if it is because of their "orga/bio" birth or if it because the winegrower is more dedicated, absolute in his choice...
what i know for sure is that deiss,ostertag,Zind-Humbrecht in alsace, arena,paoli in corsica, poirel,huet,joly in loire,barrejats in sauterne, boulard, larmandier, de sousa, selosse,fleury and a few other in champagne and elsewhere make the wine that i have the worst difficulties selling and the best pleasure drinking
Boris
On 01/04/2005, 4:56, Elizabeth Riadi wrote:
Masters of Wine to host Biodynamic Question Time
March 31, 2005
Oliver Styles
The Institute of Masters of Wine will host an inaugural seminar on Biodynamic wines next week in an effort to unveil some of the 'mysticism' surrounding the practice.
The seminar, held on 6 April and entitled Biodynamic Question Time, is the first of its kind for the 50 year-old London institution.
'I don't believe there's been a Biodynamic-only event on this scale before in this country,' said event chair Beverley Blanning MW.
Top winemakers Olivier Humbrecht MW of Alsace's Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Dave Koball of Fetzer in California and Rhône's Michel Chapoutier will join a panel of biodynamic wine experts including Monty Waldin and Stephen Skelton MW to answer questions on the little-known practice.
'The Masters of Wine have been talking about doing this for some time. There's always been an interest there and I feel the time is right. Biodynamics is beset by questions and veiled in mysticism,' said Blanning.
Biodynamic farming is often compared with homeopathy and can illicit fierce reactions among outsiders. One question to the panel, decanter.com has learned, will ask whether viticulturalists have to accept 'this pseudo-science' to grow the best grapes.
Biodynamic viticulture is a form of Organic farming in which the use of synthetic pesticides is forbidden. Many of its theories originate from Austrian Philosopher Rudolf Steiner who believed that plant life was influenced by events occurring in the 'cosmos'. Great importance is placed on the position of the moon, the planets and the stars and their relative positions, for example, dictate when a producer will prune the vines.
After the seminar, attendees will be invited to take a walk-around tasting of Biodynamic producers' wines including offerings from Zind-Humbrecht, Clos de la Coulée de Serrant, M. Chapoutier, Domaine Leflaive, Huët, Millton Vineyard and Champagne Fleury.
- 29 Apr 2005, 09:55 am
