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General :
The «bio» designation covers certified wines produced by biodynamic or organic methods, sustainably produced wines, and «environmentally friendly» wines that are not officially certified.
These designations apply to recent vintages (the date of certification, if known, is specified in the estate description).
See the blog article for more information on this designation.
Biodynamic :
The «biodynamic» designation is used for all estates certified as using biodynamic methods, as verified by one of the two official bodies, Demeter or Biodyvin. All wines produced by biodynamic methods are also certified as organic.
This designation applies to recent vintages.
Organic :
The «organic» designation covers all estates certified as using organic methods, as verified by one of the bodies approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, such as Ecocert.
This designation applies to recent vintages.
Sustainable :
The «sustainable» designation covers all estates certified as using integrated or High Environmental Value (level 3 Environmental Certification) techniques.
This designation applies to recent vintages.
Evironmentally friendly :
The «environmentally friendly» designation refers to estates practising environmentally friendly wine-growing techniques, but that have not opted for certification or who are still in the process of converting to organic agriculture or biodynamics. These estates may have adopted biodynamic principles (non-certified) or simply no longer use chemical products.
This designation applies to recent vintages.
Natural :
Wines which are produced without any added sulfur (or almost any) and with no other inputs. However, given that there is no official body to issue the natural wine label, it is based on winemakers’ statements.
This designation applies to recent vintages.
A spirit (or hard liquor, as it is known in the US) is an alcoholic beverage made by distilling cultivated raw materials like grain (as opposed to wine and beer which are produced through fermentation). Spirits have an alcohol content of at least 15% and as much as 45%. The distillation process purifies a mixture of liquids with different boiling temperatures, i.e. water and alcohol. As they evaporate at different points when heated, the vapour obtained becomes the distilled liquid.
The word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus (spirit, soul), since historically, the product of distillation was considered to be the spirit, the very essence of the alcoholic drink, to which many healing properties were attributed in the Middle Ages. In the same vein, eau de vie (literally “water of life” in French) also refers to the supposed restorative powers and can mean spirits in general.
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