Organic wine is a scam. The label might say it’s clean. That doesn’t mean it is. Glyphosate still shows up in bottles labeled organic.🍷👇 image Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup. It’s used in vineyards to kill weeds around the base of vines. Easy to spray. Cheap to apply. Hard to keep out once it's there. Glyphosate exposure is linked to: - Increased cancer risk, especially non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Endocrine disruption - Gut microbiome damage Glyphosate use is off the charts in U.S. agriculture, but when it comes to wine, California is the hotspot. image It’s heavily used in conventional vineyards up and down the state. That makes California wines especially vulnerable to glyphosate residues, even when the winery itself follows organic practices. Organic farming bans glyphosate use. But it doesn’t stop drift from neighboring vineyards, runoff from shared water, or carryover from shared equipment. Even if a vineyard plays by the rules, those rules have a lot of holes. The Organic label offers comfort, but not certainty What the Tests Say Independent testing has found glyphosate in both conventional and organic wines. Levels in organic bottles are often lower, but not zero. And while these levels are well below the EPA’s legal limit of 30 parts per million, microdoses add up as newer research suggests even trace amounts can do harm. Buying organic helps. But it isn’t enough. image Here’s what actually matters: Shake your Producer's Hand. Ask how they grow. Ask if they spray. Small, transparent winemakers will tell you the truth. or choose wines from places where glyphosate is banned or restricted. France, Austria, and Germany are leading the way. Certain parts of Italy too. image The wine industry reminds me a lot of the crypto world. Some winemakers take the slow, grounded, Bitcoin-like approach, while others hide behind buzzwords, status, and crypto-smoke. From the outside, it’s hard to tell the difference. Follow along. Let’s peek behind the veil together. Your reNosts mean the world to me.

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So it's a trust game, then. For what it's worth, Ive found producers at farmers markets (with few exceptions), to be just as dishonest as big corporations.
In most of the American food and beverage industry "Natural" means basically nothing. You're saying that's different for wine? Or, that's the label the best wines use, but it still doesn't necessarily mean anything?
I agree and I don't think you can make blanket statements about who to trust. Gotta just get the vibe from people and see if they are worthwhile in my opinion and that takes time. Go out and see the farm. If you can't do that, they're hiding something.
Natural wine is a specific thing, but there's no regualtion around it in the US. Its also not really on labels. I dont think that is abused too much, so youre doing well if you find it and buy it. The word natural definitely means a hell of a lot more in wine than in the rest of the food industry
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heinz57 1 year ago
Now I’m reading that RO distilled water is actually “dead water” and can leach minerals from our bodies. 🫠
I think it would be worth experimenting with a 3rd party testing partner, as you scale fewer people are going to be able to shake your hand. I've been shifting more and more of my purchases towards companies that do regular 3rd party testing.
That's smart man. If more of my customers demand it, it's something I'll look into. I don't really plan to scale though and prefer to maintain connection with my customers
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Organic wine is a scam. The label might say it’s clean. That doesn’t mean it is. Glyphosate still shows up in bottles labeled organic.🍷👇 image Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup. It’s used in vineyards to kill weeds around the base of vines. Easy to spray. Cheap to apply. Hard to keep out once it's there. Glyphosate exposure is linked to: - Increased cancer risk, especially non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Endocrine disruption - Gut microbiome damage Glyphosate use is off the charts in U.S. agriculture, but when it comes to wine, California is the hotspot. image It’s heavily used in conventional vineyards up and down the state. That makes California wines especially vulnerable to glyphosate residues, even when the winery itself follows organic practices. Organic farming bans glyphosate use. But it doesn’t stop drift from neighboring vineyards, runoff from shared water, or carryover from shared equipment. Even if a vineyard plays by the rules, those rules have a lot of holes. The Organic label offers comfort, but not certainty What the Tests Say Independent testing has found glyphosate in both conventional and organic wines. Levels in organic bottles are often lower, but not zero. And while these levels are well below the EPA’s legal limit of 30 parts per million, microdoses add up as newer research suggests even trace amounts can do harm. Buying organic helps. But it isn’t enough. image Here’s what actually matters: Shake your Producer's Hand. Ask how they grow. Ask if they spray. Small, transparent winemakers will tell you the truth. or choose wines from places where glyphosate is banned or restricted. France, Austria, and Germany are leading the way. Certain parts of Italy too. image The wine industry reminds me a lot of the crypto world. Some winemakers take the slow, grounded, Bitcoin-like approach, while others hide behind buzzwords, status, and crypto-smoke. From the outside, it’s hard to tell the difference. Follow along. Let’s peek behind the veil together. Your reNosts mean the world to me.
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Maybe stick to buying wine from France, Austria, Germany, or @Ben Justman🍷
Ben Justman🍷's avatar Ben Justman🍷
Organic wine is a scam. The label might say it’s clean. That doesn’t mean it is. Glyphosate still shows up in bottles labeled organic.🍷👇 image Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup. It’s used in vineyards to kill weeds around the base of vines. Easy to spray. Cheap to apply. Hard to keep out once it's there. Glyphosate exposure is linked to: - Increased cancer risk, especially non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Endocrine disruption - Gut microbiome damage Glyphosate use is off the charts in U.S. agriculture, but when it comes to wine, California is the hotspot. image It’s heavily used in conventional vineyards up and down the state. That makes California wines especially vulnerable to glyphosate residues, even when the winery itself follows organic practices. Organic farming bans glyphosate use. But it doesn’t stop drift from neighboring vineyards, runoff from shared water, or carryover from shared equipment. Even if a vineyard plays by the rules, those rules have a lot of holes. The Organic label offers comfort, but not certainty What the Tests Say Independent testing has found glyphosate in both conventional and organic wines. Levels in organic bottles are often lower, but not zero. And while these levels are well below the EPA’s legal limit of 30 parts per million, microdoses add up as newer research suggests even trace amounts can do harm. Buying organic helps. But it isn’t enough. image Here’s what actually matters: Shake your Producer's Hand. Ask how they grow. Ask if they spray. Small, transparent winemakers will tell you the truth. or choose wines from places where glyphosate is banned or restricted. France, Austria, and Germany are leading the way. Certain parts of Italy too. image The wine industry reminds me a lot of the crypto world. Some winemakers take the slow, grounded, Bitcoin-like approach, while others hide behind buzzwords, status, and crypto-smoke. From the outside, it’s hard to tell the difference. Follow along. Let’s peek behind the veil together. Your reNosts mean the world to me.
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Yeah nah if you are spraying glysophate you ain't getting no organic certification. If your neighbours are spraying it you ain't getting organic certification either. Idk maybe in USA the land of corruption you can still get organic certification after spraying synthetic poisons but for the rest of the world, no it doesn't work like that
You gotta drink a lot of distilled water to leach minerals from your body, and also not replenish those minerals. Lots of unnecessary fear mongering about distilled water lol You gotta drink a lot to have any kind of issue.
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Lostdog 1 year ago
Why did you choose to start with "organic wine is a scam" and then continue to (correctly) explain that the real scam here is the pesticide industry and intensive agriculture. Good luck to all Americans with their upcoming "deregulation"... poison levels are going to go further up, not down 🙁
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Lostdog 1 year ago
Organic farmers aren't scamming anyone, it's pesticide producers and intensive farmers that knowingly and unknowingly destroy the value of organic farmers hard work, as well as people's health, fertility and the natural world in general
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Lostdog 1 year ago
No, not at all. It's just those first few words ("organic wine is a scam") that, in my opinion at least, push readers into an entirely unhelpful frame to think about this problem (organic vs non-organic). You nuance it a lot later on but half the readers only read the headline