Raw Wine

Designation for wines produced in a certain way that belong to the group of so-called alternative wines. This also includes natural wine and orange wine. From an international perspective, "natural wines" are the thematic umbrella term under which "raw wines" can also be categorised. However, "natural wines" do not automatically have to be "raw wines", as there are many international initiatives and groups that follow their own path within "natural wines". However, there are no EU-wide regulations regarding any of these terms, but there are country-specific regulations in some countries.

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The term Raw Wine goes back to the ideas of the French wine critic Isabelle Legeron (MW), which she described in her first book "Natural Wine: An Introduction to Naturally Produced and Biodynamic Wines" that she published. Legeron has her own TV show and founded RAW, a trade fair for natural wines. She is highly critical of the winemaking techniques commonly used today, describing wines as "products of the agrochemical food industry" that have never been made with so many pesticides, additives and preservatives using industrial techniques and are no longer made exclusively from grapes. In contrast, raw wines are natural products made by hand using sustainable agricultural practices with a terroir-specific character.

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