Organic and Biodynamic Farming
ORGANIC WINE
Organic wines are made from grapes grown in vineyards where neither pesticides nor synthetic plant protection products are used.
This is a method my father had followed for many years. We use no oenological additives, and our fermentations occur naturally, initiated by the indigenous yeasts present on the grapes.
BIODYNAMIC WINE
Since 2018, I have incorporated biodynamic preparations into my vineyard treatments. We use herbal teas, plant decoctions, as well as specific biodynamic preparations such as P500.
We follow the lunar calendar for all vineyard treatments, as well as for bottling.
In the cellar, we naturally reduce the amount of sulphur used in our wines year after year.
Biodynamics
« Cooperating with the plant »
Biodynamics considers the Earth as an “All”, as a living being that follows its own evolution. It now appears that this naturally aging organism is even more weakened by certain human activities (chemical, radioactive, electromagnetic, genetic pollution, etc.), which makes it necessary and urgent to implement methods to vivify and care for the soil, plants, animals and people.
Biodynamic agriculture brings opportunities to these challenges for the future. If the basic agronomic practices (long rotations, growing legumes and green fertilizers, moderate tillage, mechanical or thermal weeding, composting of organic matter, etc.) are similar to those of organic farming, specific practices are proposed to promote the vitality of the crops and the life processes within the farm or garden. All these practices have a common goal: to create a link between the soil, the plant and the animal world, to restore the unity of ecosystems and to stimulate exchanges between the different levels (from the microscopic life of the soil to the planetary influences, through the intermediate levels that are the plot, the farm with its landscapes, the territory with its social and economic exchanges)
