Organic Wine Tasting and more …

Philosophy: I. Increasing Knowledge and Enthusiasm about Organic Wine from Europe

II. Supporting vegetarian (friendly) gastronomy and wine clubs

Here you can find recommended organic winemaker at the country and region pages.  This wine selection is based on  the listing of renowned (organic) wine distributers – www.organicwinetasting.at/category/about/distributors/ , different organic wine guide-books like  these from my colleague W. Hubert – http://wein-textperte.de and of more than 10 years tasting  experiences by our Vienna organic wine tasting group.

Inpired by my brother Herbert Lengauer www.weinseminare-lengauer.at a wineexpert with WSET diploma www.wset.co.uk I started 2010 my own  blog. I started  after more than 10 years of organizing organic wine tastings, mainly in Vienna  www.vienna.info but  also in Germany and Great Britain.  I work also as wine advicer mainly for vegetarian (friendly) restaurants.

Information about my academic job as a bioethicist can you find at my university homepage.  http://ethik.univie.ac.at/lengauer/

General information in different languages about wine culture in europe can you find at

• Assemblée des Régions Européennes Viticoles (AREV),  www.arev.org
  
• CEEV – Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins, http://ceev.be
• European Federation of Origin Wines, www.efow.eu
• Wine in Moderation Programme, www.wineinmoderation.eu
• Vignerons d’Europe, http://vigneronsdeurope.com
• European Confederation of Independent Winegrowers,  www.cevi-eciw.eu
• DG AGRI – Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_en.htm
• European Commission,  www.organic-farming.europa.eu

• Committee of the Regions:  www.cor.europa.eu
• European Network of Cities of Wine – RECEVIN  www.recevin.net

• OIV – International Organization of Vine and Wine, http://www.oiv.int

About the discussion of  organic wine as  ”wine made from organic grapes”  and organic wine as “biodynamic wine” see

• Robinson, Jancis 2006. The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3. Edition (Hardcover, 840 pages). Oxford, Oxford University Press – www.oup.com.
• CEEV/COPA-COGECA workshop: Framework and Challenges for Organic Wine Production in the EU, 4 November 2008, Brussels.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_wine

Pros and cons about  “Biodynamic wine”  you find at

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_wine
• Chalker-Scott, Linda 2004. The Myth of Biodynamic Agriculture. Washington State University Puyallup Research & Extension Center.
• Smith, Douglass / Barquin, Jesus 2006. On fertile grounds? Objections to biodynamics. The Fine Wine Magazine(12): 108-113
• Smith, Douglass /  Barquin, Jesus 2007. Biodynamics in the Wine Bottle. Is supernaturalism becoming the new worldwide fad in winemaking? Sceptical Inquirer 31(6).
• Eskenazi, Joe 2008.11.19.  Voodoo on the Vine. San Francisco Weekly.

Different arguments for organic wine

• International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)  www.ifoam.org
• Pesticide Action Network (PAN) – Pesticides in wine
• Friends of the Earth International,  www.foei.org
• Global2000.at – Pestizide im Wein (German language)