” Can burying cow horns filled with manure in your vineyard result in better wines?”

Skribent: Per Karlsson
2007-03-22

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Skribent: Per Karlsson
2007-03-22

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That’s the starting point for an article on Bloomberg about biodynamic wines. Biodynamism has for quite some time been popular with a small group of dedicated winemakers – sometimes verging on philosophers – in France. Lately it has become increasingly popular with biodynamism or similar practices: “lutte raisonné”, organic etc. Disregarding the theories and philosophy behind it, on can only conclude that many of these producer make excellent wines but it is of course difficult to know whether it is due to the philosophies or if it is thanks to the attention of the winemaker. Now this trend is apparently spreading even to the US. Here are some examples of American “bio-producers”: Robert Sinskey, Grgich Hills, Dark Horse Ranch, Les Dijonnais, Cailloux Vineyards, Quintessa, Crane Vineyards. Read more on Bloomberg.com

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Per Karlsson

Swedish. Per is co-founder together with his wife Britt of BKWine. Rumour has it that his interest in wine started already when he was 11. Just like Britt he visits some 200 wineries each year on wine tours and for journalistic research. He writes about wine primarily online on BKWine Magazine and in the BKWine Brief. Per is also a professional photographer, specialising in wine and travel photography. See BKWine Photography for more on this. Since a few years back he has also branched out into video production on the same subject. He has contributed all images, and some text, to BKWine’s wine books.

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