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One of the best tastings I attended on my wine trip to New Zealand earlier this year was a line-up of certified organic and biodynamic wines from Marlborough. The tasting took place, appropriately enough, outside on a clear blue February morning in Seresin Estate’s Raupo Creek vineyard: three-dozen white, red, sparkling, pink, orange and sweet wines, lined up in the open-sided shed where the Seresin viticultural team put together their biodynamic compost preparations.

The tasting was organised by a group called Organic Winegrowers New Zealand (OWNZ), who represent over 60 fully certified wineries and vineyards and another 25 or so wineries who produce some certified organic wines as part of their range.

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