{"id":54007,"date":"2024-04-01T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=54007"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T20:00:31","slug":"organic-biodynamic-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/organic-biodynamic-wines\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Organic, Biodynamic & Natural Wines?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Not too long ago, organic and biodynamic wines were a niche within the world of drinks. But recently, production and conumer interest in this category has grown rapidly, especially as the environmental impact of what we consume becomes front of mind. These wines have also outgrown their reputation for being unbalanced or difficult. Nowadays, many offer refinement and easy drinkability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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FreshDirect Wine & Spirits<\/a>‘ selection of wines represent some of the best values and greatest innovators in organic and biodynamic winemaking. So let\u2019s establish what we\u2019re talking about when we talk about organic wine:<\/p>\n

Organic<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

In the US, organic wines are wines made using organic grapes and additives, meaning that they are grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Additionally, the USDA requires that organic wines have no added sulfites (sulfites act as a preservative that slows down wine spoilage).<\/p>\n

Made with Organic Grapes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The USDA has a \u201cmade with organic grapes\u201d label, which can be applied to wines that use organic grapes, but contain added sulfites and\/or non-organic yeasts or other additives used to shape the character of the wine. Some wines that would be considered organic in Europe, where added sulfites are permitted in organic winemaking, fall under the \u201cmade with organic grapes\u201d category in the US.<\/p>\n

Biodynamic<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Biodynamic agriculture treats a farm as a self-contained, self-sustaining organism and emphasizes biodiversity, soil health, and following natural cycles. In addition to meeting the standards for organic farming, biodynamic systems rely minimally on outside inputs\u2014for example, the manure and compost produced by a biodynamic farm may be used to fertilize the soil, which in turn produces crops that sustain the living creatures on it. When employed in winemaking, this emphasis on site-specific resources leads to wines of unique terroir that reflect the land they\u2019re grown on. Demeter<\/a>, the largest organization for biodynamic certification, also requires that wines meet certain processing standards.<\/p>\n

Natural<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Natural is an unregulated term, although it\u2019s worth mentioning since it has become a buzzword for wines of a certain style. Most commonly, it refers to wines with grapes grown according to organic practices that are fermented spontaneously with no additives, sulfites or refining. The results can range from breezy and highly drinkable to brazenly unconventional and challenging. Again, these are unofficial descriptors, so if you see a wine labeled as \u201cnatural,\u201d it does not guarantee anything about the maker\u2019s practices.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Shop organic & biodynamic wine at FreshDirect Wine & Spirits<\/a><\/span><\/big><\/h2>\n

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Wine and spirits are sold by FreshDirect Wine & Spirits, License # 1277181 3 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Tel. (718) 927-1515 Mon\u2013Sat: 10 AM\u20138 PM Sunday: 12 PM\u20138 PM<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not too long ago, organic and biodynamic wines were a niche within the world of drinks. But recently, production and conumer interest in this category has grown rapidly, especially as the environmental impact of what we consume becomes front of mind. These wines have also outgrown their reputation for being unbalanced or difficult. Nowadays, many offer refinement and easy drinkability. FreshDirect Wine & Spirits‘ selection of wines represent some of the best values and greatest innovators in organic and biodynamic winemaking. So let\u2019s establish what we\u2019re talking about when we talk about organic wine: Organic In the US, organic wines are wines made using organic grapes and additives, meaning that they are grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Additionally, the USDA requires that organic wines have no added sulfites (sulfites act as a preservative that slows down wine spoilage). Made with Organic Grapes The USDA has a \u201cmade with organic grapes\u201d label, which can be applied to wines that use organic grapes, but contain added sulfites and\/or non-organic yeasts or other additives used to shape the character of the wine. Some wines that would be considered organic in Europe, where added sulfites are permitted in organic winemaking, fall under the \u201cmade with organic grapes\u201d category in the US. Biodynamic Biodynamic agriculture treats a farm as a self-contained, self-sustaining organism and emphasizes biodiversity, soil health, and following natural cycles. In addition to meeting the standards for organic farming, biodynamic systems rely minimally on outside inputs\u2014for example, the manure and compost produced by a biodynamic farm may be used to fertilize the soil, which in turn produces crops that sustain the living creatures on it. When employed in winemaking, this emphasis on site-specific resources leads to wines of unique terroir that reflect the land they\u2019re grown on. Demeter, the largest organization for biodynamic certification, also requires that wines meet certain processing standards. Natural Natural is an unregulated term, although it\u2019s worth mentioning since it has become a buzzword for wines of a certain style. Most commonly, it refers to wines with grapes grown according to organic practices that are fermented spontaneously with no additives, sulfites or refining. The results can range from breezy and highly drinkable to brazenly unconventional and challenging. Again, these are unofficial descriptors, so if you see a wine labeled as \u201cnatural,\u201d it does not guarantee anything about the maker\u2019s practices.\u00a0 Shop organic & biodynamic wine at FreshDirect Wine & Spirits Wine and spirits are sold by FreshDirect Wine & Spirits, License # 1277181 3 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Tel. (718) 927-1515 Mon\u2013Sat: 10 AM\u20138 PM Sunday: 12 PM\u20138 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67951,"featured_media":102399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3248,3260],"tags":[3250,3249,2061,511],"class_list":["post-54007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alcohol-beverages","category-sustainability","tag-biodynamic","tag-freshdirect-wines-spirits","tag-organic","tag-wine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54007"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102398,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54007\/revisions\/102398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}