Category Archives: Lifestyle

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 →

Rebirth

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Dear friends, Have you been wondering where our Easter egg tradition came from? I went looking to refresh my memory so permit me to refresh yours briefly. For eons the egg has been a self-evident symbol of life and rebirth. In the Christian culture, painting them red at Easter time was meant to remind us of the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. The egg itself represented the empty tomb in which Jesus’ body was laid to rest and later cracked open to bring about the resurrection, otherwise known as spring time. Remarkable men like Mircea Eliade in the … Continue reading →

In Praise of Childhood & Family

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  Dear Friends, Isn’t this picture of a Southern French pigeon house enchanting? Well, it certainly was full of mystery when my mother would send me to stay at La Bousquette as a 6-year-old with my great aunt, Tatie Charlotte and her husband, Uncle Georges at Easter and at Harvest time. Both of them, born in 1897, were characters if ever there were any, as eccentric as they come. Poor Tatie had been raised to be a mouse, was afraid of her own shadow, was afraid of everything and its opposite. There was absolutely no limit to her imagination when … Continue reading →

Wine As A Bedtime Snack Could Help With Weight Loss

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Have you ever finished your dinner, but then found yourself hungry close to bedtime? You’re not alone – plenty of us feel the need to snack as the night progresses, and luckily, studies have deduced the perfect nightcap: a glass of wine. You heard us. Recent studies have pointed out that wine can help diabetics and improve your sex drive, but apparently, wine is also a great way to prevent midnight munchies. According to Linda Monk, a 47-year-old woman who’s lost 6 pounds in three weeks, the benefit of having a nightly glass of wine is that the treat suppresses … Continue reading →

Do Sulfites Really Cause “Red Wine Headaches?”

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Drinkers blame sulfites and red wine for a range of health problems, including breathing difficulties, allergic symptoms, and headaches, but the jury is still out on whether sulfur is actually the culprit. Histamines, which are produced by yeast and bacteria, and tyramine, an organic compound in red wine, have also been cited as possible causes.  It is also interesting to note that white wine generally has more sulfites than red, yet this is associated with red wine. Other foods we eat have far higher sulfite levels than what naturally occurs in wine, so logically, sulfites are likely not the actual … Continue reading →

Why I Drink Organic Wine, By Peter Rieks

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I am not really much of a wine drinker. And, I have to say that I never go down the organic aisle in my supermarket as my perception is that organic wines always come at a premium. But then I started doing some work for Veronique on the OWC website and she would send me home with bottles of wine which my wife and I would drink. It was lovely wine and we enjoyed it. It wasn’t long before I started to develop a taste and an appreciation for good wine. A few months ago my job required that I … Continue reading →

How To Choose Organic Wine For Your Wedding

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Just as you pour yourself into the planning of your ceremony and menu, what you pour into your glasses for your first wedding toast is a significant a statement about your tastes and values. So how do you choose the perfect wine for your wedding reception? What do you need to know? Ron Porter, sommellier for Organic Wine Company, breaks it down into some simple steps: Keep it Friendly Wedding wine should always be comprised of “friendly” selections that are easy to drink, as you generally have no time to allow the wines to breathe.  Schedule a Tasting Consider hosting your … 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 →

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 →

Tasting Wine Visually

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Those intriguing Microscopic images of our wines are art, but also symbolic or visual clues to taste. Author Sondra Barett woul say you’re looking at the spirit, personality and stylistic expression of wine. Its inner beauty. Sondra and I go way back. Sondra is a PhD biochemist and was seduced by the exquisite expressions of the grape when she was artist-in-residence at a Napa Valley winery more than 30 years ago. Yet her photographic explorations actually began while she was a medical scientist on the faculty at the University of California Medical School. Blending her passions to illuminate and investigate … Continue reading →