Biodynamic wines

That is precisely what we are looking for. Ampelos is one that has done that so we will try some comparison for them as that is the wine I am providing. I know this won't in any way be scientific but the one member who came up with this idea is convinced there is a difference and since the tastings will be blind maybe we will have some chance at determining a difference positive or negative. It is scheduled for the 20th.

If you can get hold of wine from Jo Landron in Muscadet I think you'll find that he converted first to organic and then in 2008 to biodynamic. Of course you then have the problem of comparing young vs older wines.

It's people like him, who have ALWAYS made outstanding wines in his appellation, that rock my scentific scepticism on its heels.

-- All the best Fatty from Forges

Good suggestion. Will look for it.

Huet is another one. I'm not sure what year they converted.

-E

Emery wrote on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:03:44 +0100:

One or two examples don't really prove much nor even does long tradtion. The British Medical Journal (2/7/09) reported that the placebo effect was important in acupuncture tho many swear by it. Apparently also the needles can be inserted practically anywhere, not just at the traditional nodes.

I'm hardly considering this a scientific tasting. We are simply trying to see if there is any appreciable, if obviously subjective, difference in biodynamic versus non-biodynamic wines. Taste, texture, and odor are very subjective and do not lend themselves to scientific discourse. If I wanted to do that, I would subject them all to lab testing and then what is the point of drinking wine?