The Communal Table: Escape to Alsace 18.02.2025
The Communal Table: Escape to Alsace 18.02.2025
Couldn't load pickup availability
Are you interested into Alsatian Delights?
Then come join us for a Delightful Night!
Nestled along the eastern border, Alsace shines with its blend of French and Germanic influences, reflected in its distinctive wines.
Throughout the night, we'll explore the terroir-driven flavours and the rich history that sets Alsace wines apart with some Alsatian delicacies including the Flammekueche - a creamy, cheesy comfort food that will pair perfectly with our wine selection.
Les Vins Pirouettes, Plasma 2019
Christian Binner Seppi, Seppi 2019
Les Vins Pirouettes, Eros 2023
Christian Binner, Pinot Noir 2022
Christian Binner, Muscat Grand Cru Kaefferkopf 2001
Share

Organic, Biodynamic and Natural wine. What’s the difference?
To understand this concept and its various ramifications, it is necessary to keep something clear in mind: before the 20th century and the spreading of affordable synthetic fertilisers, all farming was organic. When the shift to the use of synthetics and pesticides happened, it became necessary to diversify traditional organic farming from the new modern farming.
ORGANIC WINE
Simply put, organic farming forbids the use of synthetic fertilisers, synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified organisms. The basic requirements are generally specific and engage the farmers not to use any chemical fertilisers and other synthetic products in the vineyard. It does not prevent the vintner from using the conventional winemaking process after harvesting.
BIODYNAMIC WINE
Let’s take organic farming one step further: Biodynamic. The creator of this agricultural system is the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, who developed the principles of biodynamics in a series of lectures given in 1924 in Germany. Here lies the foundation of true organic wines, with a strict limit in the use of additives, stringent requirements and at the end obtaining a biodynamic certification.
NATURAL WINE
The previous definitions are usually, and rightfully, associated with it, because most natural wine is also organic and/or biodynamic. But not vice versa!
Natural wine is wine in its purest form, simply described as nothing added, nothing taken away, just grapes fermented. No manipulation whatsoever, minimal intervention both in the vineyards and in the winery. Healthy grapes, natural yeast and natural fermentation, with no filtration nor fining. Sounds easy, right? However, making natural wine is unforgiving and it requires a bigger amount of work than conventional wine. To this day, natural wine has no certification yet.