Monty's organic/BD stocktake – outside Europe

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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:

To me New Zealand represents the most incredible turnaround on planet wine regarding its approach to organics and biodynamics over the last decade. By the 2012 vintage, over 100 vineyards, comprising 7.6% of the country's vinelands, were in the organic/biodynamic certification process. The percentage has risen since and is close to 10% now by my calculations. This is up from less than 0.5% not more than a decade ago. (In NZ in general there was...