In Biodynamic agriculture, plants are considered in the overall context of nature: from the energy they receive from the earth and the air, to the rain and the wind, the light and the heat, the sun and the moon, the planets and stars… the plants live in a microcosm, but they are part of the cosmic system. If these factors are harmoniously balanced, plants are able to grow healthy and rigorously up to their maximum potential, and in return they gift healthy fruit, rich in taste and nutrition. In fact, in the holistic biodynamic vision, the entire farm is considered a microcosm within the macrocosm, so it is subjected, like an organism, to the flux of terrestrial and cosmic energies. Grape vines in particular truly benefit from the principles and application of the biodynamic philosophy.
If we think about the thousands of varieties planted, over millennia, in hundreds of different territories- they are planted in base of the climate and the type of soil, and cultivated according to varied techniques of training and managing, we can understand the essence and expression of the vine, the grape, and in the end, the wine. It is the fruit of a very intimate connection tied to a specific environment and it explains why we should try to interpret and help this process along, from taking care of the soil in the vinification process.