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Article: The Benziger Dilemma
posted by Mighty Staff
The 85-acre Benziger estate in Glen Allen, California is farmed completely bio-dynamically and Mike Benziger was the first to release a Demeter-certified wine in either Napa or Sonoma. Sounds good, right? The problem is that only 1% of the wine sold under the Benzinger label is bio-dynamic, the rest of the grapes are gown off the estate by contract farmers. Jonathan Russo, publisher of the Organic Wine Journal outlines the dilemma and how Benziger is working toward a sustainable future:
"Mike farms the 85-acre estate completely biodynamically. He was the first to release a Demeter-certified wine in either Napa or Sonoma. This is a serious commitment. At a recent tasting in New York, Mike demonstrated that he is passionate about biodynamics for all the right reasons: healing the earth, passing on lustrous land to his children, and producing terrific-tasting terroir-saturated wine. For these efforts, Benziger received Sunset Magazine’s first-ever Green Award last year...
...So, with high praise for taste and awards for green practices, what is the Benziger Dilemma? Well, only 1% of the wine sold under the Benziger label is biodynamic. The rest is conventional, not even organic." (read more)
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