Many events have wine (if we're lucky, right?). I have only a basic level understanding of wine, but one thing I do understand is that organic and biodynamic wines offer event planners a tasty and painless way to reduce the impact of their events.
Organic is a term familiar to just about everyone by now (and here's a great site talking about organic wine that I found on Alltop), but what is biodynamic? From the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association:
Essentially, biodynamic farming and gardening looks upon the soil and the farm as living organisms. It regards maintenance and furtherance of soil life as a basic necessity if the soil is to be preserved for generations, and it regards the farm as being true to its essential nature if it can be conceived of as a kind of individual entity in itself - a self-contained individuality. It begins with the ideal concept of the necessary self-containedness of the farm and works with furthering the life of the soil as a primary means by which a farm can become a kind of individuality that progresses and evolves.
The Organic Wine Journal also has an interesting interview about biodynamics in winemaking. Asked what the difference is between organic and biodynamic, Ron Laughton of Jasper Hill Vineyards says:
Quite simple. Organics is not using synthetic chemicals. Biodynamics is doing that, plus going to the next level; making your own composts, watching the stars and planets to time what you do.
Finding Organic or Biodynamic Wine
Coming by truly organic wine can be tricky. The Reviews section of the Organic Wine Journal looks like a great place to start.
Fork & Bottle has a list of biodynamic wine producers.
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