Wine-making has become ever-more unnatural from the use of blanket crop-spraying in vineyards to the over-use of sulphites but finally someone is doing something about it Isabelle Legeron MW is leading the campaign for natural wine
- wine made as nature intended There is no official description of natural wine but a rough definition is that it is made from grapes that are farmed organically or biodynamically & harvested manually & that the wine should ideally be made without adding or removing anything during the vinification process It is basically good old-fashioned grape juice fermented into wine just as nature intended Isabelle is a crusader for the natural wine movement she has her own show on the Travel Channel organises a hugely successful annual natural wine festival (RAW) in London & acts as adviser to several leading restaurants Just as the craft beer movement has taken off across the globe the demand for natural wine is growing & will continue to do so