What The Heck Is Natural Wine? Here's A Taste

Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/12/466284145/what-the-heck-is-natural-wine-heres-a-taste?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Bottles for sale at Passage de la Fleur, a natural wine shop in Brooklyn, N.Y. For some, natural wines must be completely unadulterated — without the use of sugar, clarifiers or other additives common in modern winemaking. Other natural winemakers, however, will use a little sulfur or added yeast to correct problems, according to Stephen Meuse, a wine buyer in Massachusetts.

Bottles for sale at Passage de la Fleur, a natural wine shop in Brooklyn, N.Y. For some, natural wines must be completely unadulterated — without the use of sugar, clarifiers or other additives common in modern winemaking. Other natural winemakers, however, will use a little sulfur or added yeast to correct problems, according to Stephen Meuse, a wine buyer in Massachusetts.

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