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Today, Japan has come to use the terms natural food and natural wine easily. It's easy to get rid of our "easy natural wine" as if we're blaspheming our JAS organic or chemical-free pesticide cultivation, which wears nerves to the last minute, kills insects while hurting our hearts, and protects grapes from plague while falling in the heat. We decided to quit because it was very stale to have "Van Naturel", "Bio" and "Natural" on the label. "Natural wine because the taste is natural" "Natural wine because it does not use sulfite" "Natural wine because it uses only one chemical pesticide" "Natural wine made by good looking people If the world continues to accept wines such as "from natural wines" as "natural wines", we should be an obstacle and should leave the world of this wine. I don't want to say that it's great because it's Sansimi's wine, or that Sansimi's wine is the only wine. What we want to protect is not honor, but dignity as a farmer.
Cultivation without chemical pesticides is the same as "organic cultivation", but we call only fields that have obtained JAS organic cultivation certification "organic cultivation", and other organic cultivation fields to distinguish them from fields without chemical pesticides. increase.
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July 2011
In July 2011, we were able to obtain JAS organic certification (a world standard organic certification compliant with the Codex Alimentarius) for three fields. It is the 6th year since the organic conversion. It took a long time because it was the first event in Japan for European wine grapes such as Cabernet Merlot. 2008 and 2009 2010 The fields that are undergoing conversion will be gradually certified. In 2007, when French wine grape organic growers Mark Angeli and Gibosar came to Obuse, they told me. "If you are the first person in Japan to try organic cultivation of wine grapes (culture biologique or organic) or biodynamics, be sure to obtain certification. For Japan in the future. In the future, Ese organic growers will surely come out. In order to prevent it, the certification of a third party is necessary. Even in France and Europe, there are people who say "we are organically growing" or "we are biodynamic" without obtaining certification. In fact, there are many people who are not organically grown or biodynamic. " We said, "Organic certification costs money." To the answer, "Take it for Japan in the future." We felt the weight of the words of Mark Angeli and Gibosar, and although it took money and effort, we challenged the big wall of organic certification. And finally, I got it.
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October 2006
We made Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, etc. from Murasaki Farm (1st to 7th) by organic farming and chemical-free pesticide cultivation. Until now, grape producers and sommeliers have been saying, "It is impossible to grow European grapes organically in Japan!" In fact, I had given up on organic farming in Japan. There is a reason why I was told "impossible". Japan is hot and humid. And there are rainy season, autumn rain and rainy season. This is because it has been thought that wine-only grapes born in Europe, which is a dry land, are impossible in Japan. However, due to the hail damage in 2005, "something was blown out" and I could see something that I had never seen before. This organic farming did not begin in the dark clouds. It can be said that this is the result of trying to cultivate with reduced pesticides and no fertilization for 10 years. In particular, I noticed that the grapes on the Murasaki farm can grow grapes without going against the power of nature even if the pesticides are reduced. So there was a white arrow in this vineyard. It can be said that completely organic farming has finally arrived after a long period of time.