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Monty Waldin is a British broadcaster, author, and winemaker with\\xa0
a special interest in organics and biodynamics. His first book, \\xa0"The Organic Wine Guide\\u201d, published in 1999, was voted Britain\\u2019s Wine Guide of the Year. He has also written award winning books \\u201cBiodynamic Wines\\u201d and \\u201cWines of South America.\\u201d \\xa0

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Monty has winemaking experiences in both hemispheres, has had\\xa0a tv show called \\u201cChateau Monty\\u201d (2008) in which he chronicled biodynamic winemaking in the Roussillon of France, he is a contributor to the Grape Collective, Decanter, and contributes the entries on organics, biodynamics and sustainability for the Oxford Companion to Wine. He\\u2019s also the host of the Italian Wine Podcast and a pretty awesome dude.

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A busy guy!

In this episode Monty takes us through his journey into wine and clarifies for us the differences between organic and biodynamic wine. He chronicles some of the modern history of biodynamics in Europe and talks about why he sees it as a feasible path for many producers.

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We then discuss:

• The challenges for biodynamics (is it just a hippie thing or is it useful?)
• The differences between organics, biodynamics, and natural wine and the dogma surrounding each. I ask about whether or not bio wine is a real thing or a marketing ploy for most producers
• We discuss the hard realities of biodynamic and organic farming \\u2013 the difficulties in marginal climates, the shackles of certification, and the path to better farming and away from \\u201cmodern\\u201d farming

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We wrap by discussing Monty\\u2019s AWESOME podcast, \\u201cThe Italian Wine Podcast\\u201d in conjunction with VinItaly. He talks about how he got into Italian wine, biodynamics in Italy, and ultimately whether we are in a better place in wine than we were when he first started.

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Thanks to Wine2Wine Verona for inviting me to speak and for allowing me the opportunity to speak with the famous Monty Waldin!\\xa0

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