Biodynamic wine: the wine anorak's guide

part 3: who is doing it?

A biodynamic vineyard: Beaux Freres in Oregon

It's hard to get an accurate picture of just how many wine producers are employing biodynamie. For a start, it's a method of cultivation that is rapidly catching on among wine producers—in particular in Burgundy and Alsace—so the list is growing rapidly. And besides those who are certified biodynamic, there are also those who dabble in it, or who are experimenting with part of their production. It is a rapidly changing picture.

Another complicating factor is that there are many different flavours of biodynamie. It's hard to be precise about exactly what is and what isn't biodynamics. Some people quietly get on with it, while others shout about it, which makes the compilation of a definitive list of biodynamic producers a near impossible task.

So what I have done here is produce a selection of producers who, to the best of my knowledge, are practising biodynamie. Corrections or additions to the list are welcomed.

Selected list biodynamic producers
France
Burgundy	Leroy
	Leflaive
	Lafon
	Trapet
	Joseph Drouhin
	Pierre Morey
	Domaine de la Romanée Conti
	JM Brocard, Chablis (in part, 40% of vineyards)
	Jean-Claude Rateau
	Thierry Guyot
	Dujac (in part)
	Dominique et Catherine Derain
Alsace	Zind Humbrecht
	Kreydenweiss
	Ostertag
	Marcel Deiss
	Weinbach
	Pierre Frick
	Eugene Meyer
	Barmes Buecher
	Dirler Cade
	Bott Geyl
Loire	Coulée de Serrant (Savennières)
	Huet (Vouvray)
	Clos Roche Blanche (Touraine)
	Catherine et Pierre Breton
	Clos de Ch. Gaillard
	Dom de la Sansonniere
	Dom Saint Nicholas (Fiefs Vendeens)
	Vacheron
	Francois Chidaine
	Roches Neuves
Champagne (see footnote 1)	Jean-Pierre Fleury
	Jacques Selosse
	Leclapart
	Erik Schrieber
	Alain Reaut
	Erick de Sousa
	Francoise Bedel
	Raymond-Boulard (in part)
Bordeaux	La Tour Figeac (St Emilion)
	Pontet Canet
	Falfas (Côtes du Bourg)
Rhône	Chapoutier
	Marcoux (Châteauneuf)
	Eric Saurel
	Montirius
	Ferraton
	Duseigneur
	Domaine Jacqueline André (Châteauneuf)
Provence	Domaine Sainte-Anne (Bandol)
Languedoc Roussillon	Matassa
	Ch Maris
Germany	Buerklin Wolf
Italy	Josko Gravner (Friuli Venezia Giulia)
	Vadopivec (Friuli Venezia Giulia)
	Radikon (Friuli Venezia Giulia)
	La Castellada (Friuli Venezia Giulia)
	Massavecchia (Tuscany)
	Nuova Cappellata (Piedmont)
	Trinchero (Piedmont)
	Cascina degli Ulivi (Piedmont)
	Do Zenner (Sicilia)
	Gulfi Ramada (Sicilia)
Chile	Antiyal
	Matetic
	VOE
	Sena
Austria	Nikolaihof
	Meinklang
USA	Bergstrom (Oregon)
	Beaux Freres (Oregon)
	Cooper Mountain (Oregon)
	Brick House (Oregon)
	Frey
	Bonny Doon (in part)
	Benziger
	Ceago
Australia (see footnote 2)	Robinvale
	Cullen
	Henschke (in part)
	Krinklewood
	Macquariedale
	Reteif
	Cape Jaffa
	Hahndorf
	Kangrilla Road
	Paxton
	Pertaringa
	Walter Clappis
	Avonmore
	Castagna
	Delatite
	Jasper Hill
New Zealand	Millton (Gisborne)
	Felton Road (Central Otago)
	Rippon (Central Otago)
	Seresin (Marlborough)
	Pyramid Valley Vineyards (Waipara)

¹Information provided by the Champagne Information Bureau in London, originally from the CIVC. I have some doubts about some of the names on the list.

²For more information on Australia see the excellent list from Max Allen here

see also: a comprehensive list of biodynamic growers from Jack Everitt: http://www.forkandbottle.com/wine/biodynamic_producers.htm