ORGANIC WINE
Organic wines are produced from certified organically grown grapes. They also have to be made in an organically certified winery in accordance to EU organic standards.
The main difference between organic and conventional wines is what happens to the soil and vines in the vineyard. No chemical fertilisers, herbicides, fungicides or insecticides are allowed in organic vineyards. Soild are kept healthy and fertile with green manure cover crops such as clovers, which also improve wild-life habitats for insects and birds.
Look for the organic certification logo on the label, and do not be fooled by some sellers claiming that the grower is organic but doesn't bother getting his wine independently certified. If it's not certified.... it isn't organic! EU wine labels are not permitted to use the wording 'organic wine' on the labels so you'll often find the words 'produced from organically grown grapes'. But the winery and wine-making still has to be certified organic for the wine to be allowed to carry an organic certification logo.
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