Comments on: O Is for Organic

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:05:22 +0000

Thomas, Strappo, yes of course, that is the question. And as you can see in the interview with Rainer Eymann, the answer, at least for him, is a resounding, “Yes and no.” Ambiguities abound in these issues.

By: Strappo

Strappo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:12:43 +0000

I have to say that a picture like the vineyard with the Queen Anne’s Lace gladdens my heart. I think of Alice Feiring and her observation that the rigidly cultivated vineyards of Champagne were “dead.” This is the opposite at least in visual effect.

But Thomas’s question is the relevant one to ask for all discussions of a biodynamic sort…

By: Rusty Eddy

Rusty Eddy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:43:05 +0000

Fredric: I went to school in Germany, have worked in the Rheingau, and we’re currently hosting the daughter of some Martinsthal winery friends for the summer. Reading your posts reminds me of how much I miss Germany and great Rieslings, biodynamic or not. Thanks.

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:21:58 +0000

Fredric,

On the question: is there high quality directly connected to their methods?

One might assume that their insistence and intensity of methods in the vineyard makes for the same commitment to high quality wine, whether or not the result is directly connected to the methods. That’s what’s going to be hard to separate from the science.