Wine with Leslie: organic wine from Eastern Spain, from under €15

Going organic isn’t a magic bullet but if a good producer moves to organic viticulture the wines will almost always improve.

A look at some organic wines from Eastern Spain

Is organic wine better? I’m asked this a lot and my answer is ‘usually’ but not always. Organic wine certainly won’t decrease the likelihood of a hangover I’m sorry to report - hangovers are much more dependent on the quantity you drink and in what context (e.g. with or without food).

If you have sensitivity to sulfites in wine then seeking out ‘zero added sulphur’ wines is advisable, as both organic and conventional wine producers are free to add sulphur at bottling to protect a wine from bacterial spoilage. All wines contain at least some sulphur as it is a byproduct of fermentation.