CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Farming Today
Wine Today
PART 1
WHAT IS NATURAL WINE?
“Is There Such A Thing As Natural Wine?”
THE VINEYARD
Living Soils
A Living Garden with Hans-Peter Schmidt
Natural Farming
Dry-Farming with Phillip Hart & Mary Morwood Hart
Understanding Terroir
Seasonality & Birch Water with Nicolas Joly
THE CELLAR
Living Wine
Medicinal Vineyard Plants with Anne-Marie Lavaysse
Processing & Additives
Fermentation
Bread with Angiolino Maule
Sulfites in Wine
A Brief History of Sulfites
TASTE
Eating With Your Eyes
What To Expect
Oils & Tinctures with Daniele Piccinin
MISCONCEPTIONS
Wine Faults
Wine Stability
HEALTH
Is Natural Wine Better For You?
Wild Salads with Olivier Andrieu
CONCLUSION
Certifying Wine
A Celebration of Life
PART 2
WHO, WHERE, WHEN?
WHO
The Artisans
Horses with Bernard Bellahsen
The Outsiders
Observation with Didier Barral
The Origins of the Movement
The Druid of Burgundy: Jacques Néauport
WHERE AND WHEN
Grower Associations
Wine Fairs
Trying and Buying Natural Wine
Apples & Grapes with Tony Coturri
PART 3
THE NATURAL WINE CELLAR
Discovering Natural Wine: An Introduction
BUBBLES
WHITE WINES
ORANGE WINES
PINK WINES
RED WINES
OFF-DRY & SWEETS
Recommended Wine Growers
Glossary
Further Exploring & Reading
Index
Acknowledgments