Category Archives: Environment

Organic Wines: A Sip in the Right Direction

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  At The Organic Wine Company, we believe that organic growing is both the honorable past and the certain future of the wine industry. More and more people are coming to the realization that the application of massive amounts of pesticides and chemical fertilizers are harmful to the environment, public health, and our own bodies. This holds true for agriculture in general, but for viticulture specifically. Grapes receive one of the highest doses of pesticides, and wine grapes are sprayed even more than table grapes. We are asking wine lovers to take a stand as responsible consumers by supporting a … Continue reading →

May 8th 1945, Honoring Courage Every Chance We Get

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Dear Friends, What if courage was the real ‘it ‘factor in our lives? That has certainly been true in my own life, where clearly my worst mistakes were due to my lack of courage. But today is not about me and I am getting ahead of myself. Le 8 Mai (May 8th) is a major day in the French culture. today we honor the courage of millions. Notably, it takes quite a mensch to run towards danger and possible death in order to stand for what is right, when every instinct wants us to run in the opposite direction. Yet … Continue reading →

Do You Believe in Biodynamic Farming?

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Dear Friends, I am pleased to say that our audience, the people who seek out and enjoy our wines are typically educated, open-minded folks, eager to learn and to grow. Not a day goes by without my being asked a provocative question that leads to very exciting exchanges. I just love these direct interactions. One of the regular questions I get asked is “What is biodynamic farming?” The article below has just crossed my desk, and with the full permission of its author, Roberta Cicchitti, I am pleased to be able to share it with you now. Read, enjoy, check … Continue reading →

In Conversation with Pesticide Action Network

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  Veronique Raskin is owner and founder of The Organic Wine Company in San Francisco. In February, Veronique sat down with PAN to tell us more about her passion for organics and organic wine. Q: What led you to take an interest in organic wine? To be blunt: my love for my family, my ancestor’s land, my passionate interest in health/wholeness and the fact that I discovered that my grandfather’s organic wines were the only wines that I could drink without feeling indescribably unwell, headachy, etc. So to backtrack, La Bousquette has been in my family since the French Revolution … Continue reading →

Crossing Over, By Kaitlyn Pintor

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Crossing Over by Kaitlyn Pintor Alright already. I admit it. I am slowly going organic. Yes, I said slowly, but the important word here is “GOING”.  Slowly, because I have decided to do it my way.  Going, because I’d like to think I am intelligent enough to understand the reality of what’s happening in the environment, and because my own health demands a change. RESISTANCE For those of you who have always been organic, you may not have noticed that you stand out.  In fact, you are quite frankly a little intimidating.  What held me back from choosing organic were … Continue reading →

Save the Honeybees!

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When I was a child my grandfather raised bees on the family vineyard in the South of France. After World War II, we began to use pesticides on our vines and by the mid 1970s my grandfather, who was a physician, could see the toll that these poisons were taking on the vines, the workers, and the soil. He decided to revert to organic growing methods, and by 1980 we were among the very first organic wine growers in France. I started the Organic Wine Company in 1980 to bring high quality organic French wines to the U.S. and to … Continue reading →

Pesticides Linked To Neurological Disease

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Article from wine-searcher.com: A study in Bordeaux has grim news for vineyard workers. Vineyard workers and farmers in southwest France who have been exposed to pesticides during their working life suffer from reduced levels of brain activity, new research has found. The study was done by Anses, the French agency for food, environmental and occupational health and safety. “The tests confirmed that there was a deterioration in cognitive ability in those exposed to pesticides,” said Dr Isabelle Baldi, a specialist in occupational health at the University of Bordeaux Segalen. Viticulturists in Bordeaux exposed to pesticides and fungicides as well as … Continue reading →

Pesticides in Conventional Wines Are No Myth

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I invite you to take 30 seconds to read this very interesting article about the last studies on pesticides in conventional wines. If you already eat organic, you should seriously think about switching to wine made with organic grapes and start drinking organic ! Drinking Wine? Here’s Why You Should Consider Buying Organic by Chris Sovey · September 17, 2012 As of January, 2012, Approximately 5.1 billion pounds of pesticides were used per year in the United States alone. (1) Hold on … 5.1 billion pounds…. Can you even picture that in your head? I sure can’t. Of course, a … Continue reading →

We’re in the Business of Caring

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  We are not in the wine business: we are in the business of caring. We have chosen organic wines to support the winemakers who go the extra mile to preserve the Earth. We care about where we all live and if this is our only contribution to this world, we will have done our small part. We have chosen organic wines because they are so much healthier for our own bodies and for the people with whom we want to share these wines. By choosing organic wines we show our families, our friends, our colleagues, our partners and our … Continue reading →

“Organic Will Become the Norm Rather Than the Exception.”

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Hate to say I told you so but I did, 30 years ago when I took up this cause and brought the first organic wine to this country. My vision for the future, if we were to have one, had to be via organic agriculture & viticulture. Well how about that…it has been painful to be 30 years ahead of one’s time, but certainly worth it. Millésime Bio – Organic wines on a roll – LAJOURNEE-VINICOLE.COM | 01/02/2013 | EDITION N°337 “The world’s largest organic wine store, Millésime Bio, opened its doors in Montpellier on Monday for a three-day event that attracted … Continue reading →