Organic wines are made from grapes grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides or herbicides. Vineyards use organic farming practices like breeding grazing animals to replace insecticides, crop rotation and composting. Biodynamic wines follow additional agricultural and post-harvest handling methods. Organic wines have higher levels of resveratrol and promote biodiversity compared to conventional wines which may use genetically modified yeast. Several Argentine wineries profiled practice organic and biodynamic viticulture methods.

1. ORGANICS
WINES
Pamela Ferrera
Gonzalo Pi
Steve Sotelo
Mariana Scandura

2. What is organic
wine?
 Made from grapes that have been grown
WITHOUT THE USE OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS,
PESTICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND HERBICIDES

3. Vineyard Practices
“Organic vineyard” certifies
the vines have met certain
standards
ORGANIC FARM. Do not spray
with pesticides and herbicides.

4.  Breeding grazing animals
To replace the use of insecticides:

5.  Crop rotation
 Cutworms

6. Byodinamics wines
BIODYNAMIC refers to the agricultural
methods and the handling and processing
of the fruit post-harvest.

7. DIFFERENCES
 Grapes have been sprayed
with insecticides to protect
crops against diseases.
CONVENTIONAL WINE ORGANIC WINE
 Organic wines are
produced with organic
grapes

8.  Conventional wine use GMO
yeast (genetically modified
organisms).
CONVENTIONAL WINE
ORGANIC WINE
 The fermentation was
induced only from the
action of natural yeasts in
grapes
WINE-MAKING

9. ADVANTAGES
 The fruit to be harvested
by hand allows the
choice of more mature
and healthy grapes

10.  Conventional wine has 80% less RESVERATROL than
organic wine.

11.  Organic farming promote
biodiversity
 • It promotes the biological balance of the
ecosystem

12. ORGANIC WINES IN ARGENTINA
 Bodega Colomé (Cafayate-Salta )
Soil fertilization with organic fertilizers (compost
and manure)
Agricultural management of the vineyards by
planning tasks in agreement with the sun, the
moon and the planets’ rhythms

13.  Krontiras (Luján de Cuyo-
Mendoza)
The winery is moving towards fully
biodynamic.
.
This winery is certified
organic by Argencert

14.  Caligiore (Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza)
Dedicated exclusively to organic
production of grapes and wine.

15.  Vinecol (La Paz-Mendoza)
Combine organic growing
techniques with the latest in
grape-processing technologies