When you hear the word “wine," you obviously think of the alcoholic drink made of grapes that is regularly enjoyed with a meal or socially with friends.



Wine can be classified according to its colour, its taste, its aroma or alcohol content, sugar content and the way it is prepared. Nowadays because people want to protect nature and their own health, everything, including wine, has begun to be prepared ecologically. This is why preservative free wine or organic wine is growing in popularity instead of wine that contains chemical additives.

As larger volumes of wine have been required on the market, wine producers have found ways to protect their vines against insects or other parasites by adding many chemicals to fertilize the soil. The most popular method to protect the plants against the insects attack is to spray insecticide even onto the fruit.

However, lately, people have realized that these insecticides represent a real danger to the environment and to their health; therefore, organic wine is more and more frequently requested by consumers. Preservative free wine has made a revolution in the traditional wine industry.

Organic wine has many advantages and it is enjoyed by people who are very careful with their health. The main advantage of the preservative free wine is that it is made of grapes that are not treated with pesticides, herbicides or insecticides, using unconventional and non-pollutant technologies and advanced equipment as well. Preservative free wine has not had any preservatives added.

In order to obtain organic wine, the vines must go through a three years process where it is forbidden to use chemical substances. Instead of them, it is recommended to use natural fertilizers like muck, horns, or bones).

Even if organic wine is more expensive and it takes more time to be produced, its quality is more appreciated by customers.

Organizations that monitor, establish, and implement the standards for organic production forbid the use of chemical preservatives, allowing only little amounts of sulphur dioxide used as antioxidant. Many decantation agents are also forbidden and physical treatments like filtering are reduced to the minimum.

Organic wine is not new at all and conventional agriculture that uses chemical fertilizers and systemic pulverization has recently replaced it, in the second half of the 20th century. However, since the beginning of the 1970s, more and more wine producers have started to use traditional methods again, out of ecological reasons or only as marketing strategy.

By 1992 there have been more than 400 preservative free wine producers registered at international level within monitoring organizations, whereas most of them have preferred not to be registered anywhere.

Organic wine can be produced under the best conditions in hot and dry climate. This climate is rarely affected by pests like fungi therefore chemical pulverization may not be necessary. Organic wine production is monitored by numerous organizations that coordinate it and analyze the soil and the wine in order to make sure that it is organic.

This pure wine is a real elixir of long life, health, and happiness if it is consumed on a regular basis, without exceeding two glasses of wine per day, as any excess can be harmful for your health.