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Organic Wines… improving the quality on every vintage

INVINIC — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0000

Until very little time ago, it was a widespread belief that organic wines, despite the lack of chemical treatment of the vineyards, were not the most balanced at an organoleptic level.

This issue has been changing, little by little, thanks to the great work of oenologists and producers, who are making increasingly high quality wines.

Below, we present you some of the best Organic Wines available at INVINIC:

Albet I Noya Reserva Martí 2007 (93 points Peñín Guide)
Desierto de Azul y Garanza 2008 (91 points Peñín Guide)
Petit Grealó 2006 (90 points Robert Parker)
Parvus Syrah 2009 (89 points Peñín Guide)
Albet I Noya Col.leció Chardonnay 2011 (92 points Peñín Guide)
Alta Alella Lanius 2011 (90 points Peñín Guide)
Privat Opus Evolutium (92 points Peñín Guide)

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FIVE 2012 the success of green wine

INVINIC — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:00:00 +0000

The 3rd International Green Wine Fair (FIVE) took place this week in Pamplona (Navarra – Spain), with great success.
Over fifty wineries, and importers from twenty countries participated in this event, which was organized by the Association of Ecological Agriculture of Navarra (AEN), that points out the moment of “great excitement” that green wine is currently experiencing.
In fact, the Swiss Institute for Research in Organic Agriculture states that Spain is currently the largest producer of green wine in the world, having dedicated in 2010, a total of 57,000 ha to organic viticulture (5% of the total production of Spanish wine) of which 29,187 ha (over half of the total) are in Castilla-La Mancha. In addition, last year there were 456 wineries and bottling companies of organic wine in Spain.
However, domestic consumption is quite low, as almost 90% of production is exported. The consumer profile of green wine is that of a person with a medium-high purchasing level, with a high cultural level, and resident in countries like Germany, Scandinavia, USA and Japan.
The AEN says that these data cannot be assessed within the parameters of the industrialized production, since this crop is related to the quality and natural conditioning (climate and soil type), and the absence of the use of synthetic fertilizers.

According to Francisco Robles (president of the Federation of Enterprises with Organic Products from Spain, FEPECO) in the ecological wine sector, demand outstrips supply. In the words of Edorta Lezaun (president of the AEN) “the consumer detects that it feels good, that it’s healthier, that it has no pesticides, and it is also environmentally friendly, and the demand is increasing… there is no other secret”.

Remember that you can buy some of the best green wines from Spain on our online wine shop www.invinic.com.

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Recaredo Aloers 2010: the first Penedés wine certified with the Demeter Biodynamic Farming

INVINIC — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:00:00 +0000

The Aloers 2010 is the first Penedés Denomination of Origin wine certified with the prestigious Demeter Biodynamic Farming, including it as a Green wine.

It is elaborated with the Xarel.lo (65%), Macabeo (24%) and Parellada (11%) grape varieties coming exclusively from the vineyards owned by Recaredo and located in the Alt Penedés area.

During the Middle Ages, those farmers owning the lands they were farming were known as “Aloers”. This term refers therefore to the union between the man and his land.

All the vineyards have been farmed following the Ecological and Biodynamic Farming standards and as such they are registered in the “Consell Català de la Producció Agrària Ecològica” and the German Demeter International certification.

With the Aloers it is intended to provide a fresh and genuine expression or our Mediterranean grape varieties growing in calcareous soils.
The aim is a lively and long lasting wine. This is the reason why all the work is done keeping a low production in the vineyards and watching the ripeness so that the natural and fresh acidity is kept.
Maceration on its lees during two months come next.
This wine might show entirely natural sediments.

Details of Cavas Recaredo:
The viticulture takes place 46 Ha. of our own vineyards working with the vines, acting only when necessary and seeking to ensure the natural balance of the vine, aiming to respect it as far as possible to achieve the best expression of every individual vintage. Therefore, viticulture is based solely on dry farming, we harvest the grapes only by hand and make completely dry cavas
The prority is the respect for biodiversity and the environment: vines are cultivated without using herbicides or insecticides and only employ natural organic fertilisers.
At Recaredo, growing vines requires paying close attention to the sky, the earth and the plant. This will allow to harvest grapes that can really express themselves.

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