Natural wine beyond trends

In recent years, consumption habits have dethroned the traditional "old-fashioned" wine, with standardized designations, in favor of a pleasure drink that is free in its expression. Between vinegar and ambrosia, between rough wine and nectar, natural wine reflects both the image of a pure juice wine and that of a deviant cheap wine. In between, some winemakers, in a quest for unadorned and unpretentious wine, seek to preserve the truth of the terroir and refuse to turn natural wine into an identity-less thirst-quencher. In this landscape, consumers get lost between organic, biodynamic (certified or not), natural wines with some inputs, almost none, or none at all, in a cacophony that sometimes borders on pretension and dogmatism. This book will provide the keys to better understand natural wines, what they are and what they are not: viticultural methods, cellar methods, sulfites and other inputs, questions of conservation, consumption, as well as the faults and prices of these wines that can take our taste buds to paradise or hell. Finally, a selection of about a hundred cuvées will help you find your happiness.