Curious about the Wine Industry? How about drinking wine that actually benefits your health? Is commercial different from natural different from organic? Todd White, Founder of Dry Farm Wines, deciphers the wine industry. With a passion to produce wine that is better for health and has better taste, Todd White, stumbled upon a passion to create premium health qualified wine that serves pure, natural, and lab-tested wine to ensure they are sugar-free, lower sulfates, and lower alcohol. Todd White speaks into the lack of transparency in the wine industry and its detrimental effects on health. He explores the topics of flavor palates and how changes occur depending on your diet. As he praises lighter wine, he takes a deep dive into how the commercial, natural, and organic labels differ, the FDA approval of additives, and how to choose your wine based on well-sourced grapes. After an evaluative exploration of irrigation and grapes, he provides insight into the ranking systems within the wine industry, and how to choose a healthier wine! Tune in and pick your best wine!

Dry Farm Wines:

We mention Dry Farm Wines in this episode. Dr. Jen & Dr. Dom love to enjoy a little bit of wine now and then, and they love Dry Farm Wine! They use organic grapes, practice regenerative agriculture, and test every bottle for herbicides and pesticides to produce vibrant, fresh, and bright wine. Buy one get one for just one extra penny!

What You Will Learn In This Interview with Todd White

2:34 – Transparency in the Wine Business

5:47 – Natural vs Conventional vs Organic Wines

11:21 – What to look for when sourcing grapes

19:02 – Ranking & Criteria Systems

25:25 – How to determine the most healthful wine.

29:47  – Perks of wines from farmers markets

About Todd White:

Today, after 15 years in the wine business, his life is dedicated to educating and helping people make better choices about food, nutrition, and how they think about consuming alcohol. As the founder of Dry Farm Wines, a writer, speaker, and a leader in the organic/Natural Wine movement, he has widely educated communities on conscious consumption. Todd is deeply passionate about bringing people together to share love and laughter through Natural Wine.

Dry Farm Wines sources pure Natural Wines and lab tests them to ensure each bottle is sugar-free (0-0.15g per glass), lower in sulfites, and lower in alcohol (under 12.5% alc/vol). The wines are friendly to low carb, Paleo, ketogenic, and low sugar diets.

Dry Farm Wines is dedicated to supporting small natural growers, currently sourcing from 600 family farmers who preserve 87,000 acres of organic vineyards and save 1.4 billion gallons of water annually by not irrigating their vines.

Items mentioned in this episode

Dry Farm Wines Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dryfarmwines/

Dry Farm Wines Website: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/

To learn more about Todd White and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://jen.health/podcast/125

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