I was introduced to this group dedicated to natural viticulture by the people from the neighbourhood organic wine shop. Some of the producers (whose products are sold in that shop)which I have tasted and /or blogged about are members of this organization. Informally created in 2001 by 10 or so vignerons with Nicolas Joly at the helm, the group set out to review the ways in which the grower and winemaker work to bring out the best of the terroir in their wines, and adopt those practices in a three tier system of guarantees which the vigneron makes to ensure that the wine which reaches the consumer an fully reflect the quality which the terroir is capable of expressing. That certainly is no bad thing.
And something else, not all of my experiences of the Renaissance des Appellations (they use the name "Return to terroir" in English) come from that shop. I tasted and blogged about Coulee de Serrant (whose owner is Nicolas Joly) when I tasted it in 2013( well before that shop opened) as well as breathing that wine here.
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