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Organic Wines: Red, White, or Green?

04 July 2008

These days, the smart wine to serve at dinner parties is not just red or white, but green—as in eco-friendly. The word ‘organic’ or ‘biologique’ on the label says you’re a discriminating host who cares about the health of both your guests and the planet. But are organic wines any good, are they truly better for you and are they fair value for money?

A mere 10 years ago, almost the only place to find organic wines was in some dusty dark corner of a healthfood store, snuck in between the lentils and the open-toed sandals. But today, organic wines have their own gleaming bright sections in the liquor aisles of all the major UK supermarkets and, on the Internet, there’s a burgeoning band of specialist organic wine suppliers.

In fact, organic wine is now the fastest-growing sector of organic food in general—and wine-growers are responding. The latest estimate is that 5 per cent of vineyards have either now gone organic or are in the process of doing so. And it’s a w...

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