Organic Pioneers
No, it’s not a typo: there is even a forerunner in organic winegrowing
That which is more and more gaining a foothold today was still being laughed at forty years ago. Rainer Loacker,
the patriarch of the estate winery of the same name in Bolzano, didn’t
care. He had already gotten started with biodynamic winegrowing back in
the 1980s. Or, to put it better, he revved it up.
That term is a
much better description of the development that the Loacker Estate
Winery has gone through up to today. For instance, in addition to the
historical pillar in Alto Adige, two more were added. In the form of two
estate wineries in Tuscany: one in Montalcino and one in Maremma.
But it doesn’t matter where Loacker grapes grow: they are tended strictly biodynamically.
“Because we have been doing that for so long, we have soils filled with
life and we are also among the very few who use homeopathy in the
vineyard,” Loacker explains. Added to that is a very particular form of
green manure. In plain language, that means that in the winter, greenery
is sown in the vineyards which makes artificial fertilizers
superfluous. “We are open-minded thinkers and rebels, we challenge the
status quo and the mainstream society,” the Loacker family announces.
And it goes without saying that the open-minded thinkingalso continues in the winery. Thus all wines, including the bold Tasnim
Sauvignon Blanc and the outstanding Gran Lareyn Lagrein are fermented
only with their own natural yeast from that vintage. “Our natural wines
are simply different,” the Loackers explain. “They have their own character, and they have a soul.”
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