WHAT IS NATURAL WINE?
Jaynes Gastropub is proud to present the first annual
SAN DIEGO NATURAL WINE SUMMIT
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Noon – 2 pm Media/Trade Preview
2 pm – 6 pm Public Tasting $45/person
Jaynes Gastropub
4677 30th Street (@ Adams Avenue)
San Diego 92116
To reserve, please call 619.563.1011 or email info@jaynesgastropub.com
Space is extremely limited so please reserve now!
Above: geese pooh helps make natural wine in Tuscany. Many believe that animals — wild and domestic — foraging among the vines is part of what makes terroir.
What is natural wine?
Natural wine is “wine as nature intended it.” Natural wine is wine that expresses the character of the place where it is made, the grapes with which it is made, and the people who make it. The grape is a natural winemaker. When the berry falls to the ground, naturally occurring yeasts on its skin will turn its sugar into alcohol. The skin then acts as a natural and ideal vessel for grape juice to be turned into wine. Natural winemakers employ “minimal intervention” in winemaking in order to allow Mother Nature to perform her miracle.
Above: sometimes natural wine is orange and cloudy instead of white and clear. It can be stinky and we like it that way.
Is natural wine organic?
Grapes for natural wine are often grown using organic, sustainable, and integrated farming practices but natural wine is as much about the work in the cellar as it is about work in the vineyard. Natural winemakers use “ambient” or naturally occurring yeasts for fermentation and they do not “spoof” the wine by artificially raising alcohol levels or concentrating flavors.
Above: natural winemaker Ales Kristiancic of Movia (Slovenia) showed Jon the sediment in his Puro at the Wine and Spirits top 100 tasting in San Francisco last October.
Who is natural wine?
A growing number of like-minded European winemakers, mostly in France and Italy, mostly in the Loire Valley, but also in Spain and Slovenia.
Above: The cloistered vineyards at Nicholas Joly’s estate in Savennières. Joly is the “father” of biodynamic winemaking, one of the most important movements in natural wine.
Where is natural wine?
You will find natural wine at Jaynes Gastropub nightly. Check the Jaynes Gastropub blog for updates.
