I have reflected a bit on biodynamic wines in the past and while there are some aspects that make perfect sense to me, there are some other bits that seem downright strange. Below is a great article that ran recently in the Seattle Times on the growing biodynamic wine scene in Oregon. What do you think…is it woo woo or wonderful???
Visit “Winelandia”
By Brian J. Cantwell
It’s a kind of voyeuristic request of a “biodynamic” winemaker, but I found I couldn’t resist asking every one I met: “Can I, uh, see your cow horns?”
I was in the Willamette Valley just southwest of Portland to meet a special breed of vintner. Just as the climate of this valley between Oregon’s Willamette River and the Coast Range produces some of the world’s best pinot noir wines, the region is also fertile ground for disciples of biodynamics, a regimen of sustainable agricultural practices formulated in the 1920s by Austrian cultural philosopher Rudolf Steiner. Read more.