Aardig Wine Updates

Hoe worden wijnen gefilterd? Wanneer wijnmakers hun wijnen filteren, gebruiken ze een soort zeef om ongewenste deeltjes – zoals droesem en ander bezinksel – uit de wijn te verwijderen. Denk aan kleine stukje...

Reductie en oxidatie zijn twee essentiële processen in de wijnproductie die de uiteindelijke smaken en aroma’s van wijn sterk beïnvloeden. Hoewel ze tegengestelde effecten hebben, zijn beide belangrijk voor ...

What is fermentation of wine? Fermentation of wine is a natural biological process in which sugars in the must, or unfinished fermenting grape juice, undergo a transformation, from glucose and fructose to al...

What is lees in wine? Dregs, also referred to as sediment, sediment or deposit, are the residual solids in wine after fermentation or after a certain aging time. Suppose we take an unfiltered red wine in th...

Earlier we wrote that common mistakes in wine are often directly associated with natural wine, which often happens, for example, buh brett & mouse. But as mentioned, there are actually few good reasons why a...

Natural wines are not ordinary wines! They find their own microbiological balance over time, making them much stronger than most protected, preservative-filled conventional wines. Added preservatives are bas...

You frequently hear people say it, "Oh, natural wine really does give me less of a headache the next day than conventional wine!" But to what extent can this be substantiated, since it is the alcohol that is...

What is a pet-nat? Pet-nat is short for "petillant naturel," or a naturally made sparkling wine. There are several methods of making pet-nats, but the most common-and oldest-method, is the so-called méthode ...

What is orange wine? Orange wine is made by soaking and fermenting the juice of white grapes on the skins, pips and stems. The soaking, or maceration, turns the wine orange in color. A variety of hues can oc...

There are those who falsely claim that naturally made wines are full of flaws. Of course, it is possible for wines to be under-produced, but this can be the case with both "conventional" and naturally made w...

Meet Aardig Wijntje at Green is Golden's Natural Wine Festival The launch of Aardig Wijntje and a new natural wine festival in Amsterdam; the second weekend of November can definitely be labeled as "all-natu...

At your aunt's birthday is, or at the local regular pub; wherever you go these days, you increasingly get the question 'what exactly is that, natural wine?' 'And then what is the difference between natural ...