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Monty's organic/BD stocktake – what has changed

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See our guide to this week's comprehensive stocktake on the extent of organic and biodynamic viticulture in the world today.

Monty Waldin writes:

Overall, one can say that since I wrote the Organic Wine Guide in the late 1990s there is less of a fear factor about 'going green' from a viticultural perspective, as most wine-growers have at least one near-neighbour practising organics or biodynamics. But, while organic wine is no longer a curiosity, its biodynamic counterpart still slightly is, its mixture of muck and mysticism both intriguing, infuriating, over-promoted or under-appreciated, depending on one's view.

At least Demeter, the...