There are two kinds of wine: good wine and bad wine.
Good wine is grown organically - in good earth and is free of chemicals. If wine tastes bitter it is because it contains chemicals.
The wasps in the first picture are in the bottle, the sugar water trap. The grapes are safe.
Bad wine is often sprayed with dangerous chemicals in order to kill insects. This will destroy the earth, the good insects and the wine-stock. And eventually the wine drinker too!
Note the healthy vegetation at the organic farm and compare it with the vegetation at the farm where chemicals are used. I believe I don't need to say which pictures relate to which method of farming.
My organic wine grower is 79 years of age, works every day, and is a picture of vibrant health. He never visits the doctor. He drinks a bottle of his own wine daily; half during the day and the remainder in the evening. He has been producing wine organically for 30 years. In the beginning his neighbours all laughed at him. Well, they're not laughing now!
Good health! Cheers! Prosit! Salute!
Great photos Gwil. Wish we could source Organic or natural made wines and beer here in Ireland. Does he sell his wine? How much does he charge? I once watched a programme about a famous cider producer in Somerset. He was 86 and he drank 8 pints of cider a day. Great post!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. Cider is made from apples, pears and such. It must be a healthy drink so long as it is pure and organic, and hasn't been sprayed with chemicals such as glyphosat etc.. Worrying for the Irish will be the fact that Germany's Bayer has bought out the US Pesticide Producer Monsanto. This doesn't bode well for EU countries, including the new members, the Balkan countries set to join. There, cheap farm produce for German supermarkets will at a premium. Monoculture is the EU way forward!
DeleteWhat a delightful series of gleaming bunches - they make a great advert for organic farming.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kate. It's true. In this day of mass monoculture production have to seek out our nourishment with all the diligence of a food detective if don't want to end up poisoned on surgeon's table.
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