Leslie Williams: An expert's guide to natural wines

Generally, a wine is ‘natural’ if it has been made from organic grapes with wild yeasts, and is free from additives

Natural wine frequently tastes beguiling and utterly delicious

This week I am going to look closer at ‘natural’ wine and I have some recommendations — apologies for not finding any natural wines under €15. This column is inspired by The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough (€30 via BookDepository or Amazon) which I recommend you order from your local bookstore (stocks seem to be taking a while to get here) — a couple of this week’s wines feature in the book.

The World of Natural Wine does a brilliant job at explaining natural wine from farm to table, what it is and is not, but even Ayscough has trouble with an exact definition — natural winemakers do not like following rules laid down by others.