Explained, straight
No lecturing and no mystique. Five short reads that tell you what the words on a wine label actually mean, what is law and what is marketing, and how to know a feature from a fault. These are the same terms we use to describe every bottle we sell.
What natural wine actually means
There is no legal definition anywhere. Here is what the charters that do exist actually guarantee, and what they do not.
Sulphites, straight
What SO2 does, why the ten milligram label line exists, and why zero is not automatically better.
Organic, biodynamic, natural, sustainable
Four words, four different claims. Which are law, which are private, and why we never blur them.
Why some great growers have no certification
Certification costs money and takes years, and some of the best growers refuse it on principle. Absence of a logo is not evidence of intervention.
What to expect from the bottle
Cloudiness, spritz, sediment, a little reduction. What is normal, what is a fault, and how to tell them apart.