Aren’t some winemakers just getting into biodynamics because it’s the latest trend, and they think they might make money out of it?
That’s certainly something I’ve heard many BD producers accuse other BD producers of (who says the wine industry isn’t bitchy?). And I’ve also come across some who play down their BD activities because they don’t want to be accused of jumping on a bandwagon. Victorian winemaker Gilles Lapalus, for example, is typical of many in that he runs his vineyard biodynamically but doesn’t make a big noise about it, and certainly isn’t seeking certification: ‘The day we start to use biodynamics as a commercial marketing tool, the word loses its meaning,’ he says. Not surprisingly then, the hardcore BD people view statements like this, from Paxton viticulturist Toby Bekkers, with disdain: ‘We’re doing it because we think it can help us grow better fruit. And we’re doing that because, to be honest, we’re chasing the extra point – whether that’s the extra point on the grading scale of the wineries we sell grapes to, or an extra point from the judges or the critics.’ But I would argue that the motiv
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