Organic Wine

Although organic wine should be less expensive than if there are no pesticides, etc. involved, the production costs are lower then get a better wine. Are we fooling producers on the issue of health and thus pay more for the same product?

Because the grapes come from China, no doubt -

Strange that your name is Ali, you ask many provocative questions about wine.

There are several reasons for organic wine are more expensive. Your argument that they save money on fertilizers is not logical. If fertilization does not have a good cost cutting measure, conventional producers to take that route themselves. If the spraying of pesticides has been good for a cost cutting measure, the pesticide would be bankrupt.

Fertilizers and pesticides to increase the amount of product that an area of land will yield. Many of the strategies used by pest control, organic farmers are against the workforce. Processing and application of organic fertilizers is also labor.

Anything that is "certified organic has experienced a kind of verification process to third parties. This new money and it will be passed on to consumers.

The wine must be organic too, I suppose. This means more control and no convenient shortcuts chemically assisted the modern winemakers use as silicon dioxide and potassium metabisulphite.

The economy of the car until the price scale and organic wine. If people vote with their dollars, more companies are beginning to compete in the niche organic and prices will drop.

I was involved in a partnership fair trade organic coffee for years and we sold coffee brewed at a loss to attract loyal customers and compete with retailers not organic. bags of freshly roasted coffee is sold probably twice what you would pay for a coffee at Walmart. We did not compete with Wal-Mart.

Hi Ali,

The truth is that organic wines are not more expensive than conventional wines. If this is your experience, so it was just a coincidence. Most organic wines that I tasted were very affordable.

Some other answers are good points: it is true that organic farming is very intensive, but the work of organic farmers will tell you "more work than you do in the vineyard, the less you have to do in cellar. And this statement, you understand that the vines, even when grown in organic farming, are still treated against insects, gray mold, mildew, ... The difference is that they are treated with natural products.

While being certified organic is a lengthy process that costs money, the cost is not high enough to explain a "higher selling prices. Especially when it spreads over thousands of bottles. Also keep in mind that many people are living without being certified.

Me do not think there is trickery involved, although the wine trade, like any other, has its share of miscreants and frauders. Before we begin to organic farming (or bio-dynamic) must be in a certain state of mind. In this spirit, your desire is to cultivate the fruits of a sustainable manner, to create a product as natural as possible with as little intervention as possible.

Marcel Lapierre made organic wines in Morgon, France and its wines sell for $ 16 U.S.. Quintessa gives biodynamic wines in Napa, California. and their wines sell for well over $ 90 ... price is often a status symbol rather than a guarantee of quality.

You have a choice in this society based on the consumer, weather to buy organic or not. Sometimes it will cost more and sometimes less. Ultimately, sulfites less you consume, the better for you!

I hope this answers some of the years.