Decanter World Wine AwardsNatural wine fair for UK
- Tuesday 21 February 2012
More than 150 natural wine producers have already signed up for RAW including the Loire's Nicolas Joly and Alsace's Josmeyer.
The London trade and consumer event takes place in May, and its creator, Isabelle Legeron MW, has plans to take the concept to other countries.
However, the UK's natural wine scene is embryonic, with London-based natural wine specialist Artisan & Vine recently closing its doors. Legeron admits, 'It's not become widespread in the UK yet. It is still marginal."
'But for me, calling a wine biodynamic or organic is not enough because the control in the cellar is not great. You can have a biodynamic wine and add aromatic yeasts in some countries. Reverse osmosis and cryoextraction are allowed in organic which is why there is the need to have this category,' she explained.
'I'm not campaigning for all wines to be natural. I want people to be aware of what's going on so they can choose knowingly.'
RAW takes place at the Old Truman Brewery on 20 and 21 May.
Have your say!
sidd banerji
May 04 17:42
Great site,great updates!!Greetings!!
Richard
February 22 11:14
This fair is just one of the two natural wine events that are planned for that same weekend. The other is http://therealwinefair.com/
Wendy Vallaster
February 21 18:41
thinking of bringing some of our producer/partners from Spain. The whole natural wine movement is really not so radical at all... simply the growing and making of wine, with the help of new equipment but with pre-chemical farming, and winemaking practices. Just what is so crazy about that?
JM
February 21 17:32
So its being rebadged "Artisan" and not "natural". Is this a tacit admission over the failings of some Natural wines? Certainly the natural wine fair at borough last year from the same organisers had its fair share of "ciders" and the event perhaps needed some polish on the whole. That said there were some stars too - so will keep an open mind.