The adage “you are what you eat” also applies to what we drink! In this episode, Todd White, founder of Dry Farm Wines, walks Jeff through the natural winemaking process, comparing it to commercial wine industry methods. Todd and Jeff also weigh the pros and cons of alcohol consumption and discuss the balance between health consciousness and enjoyment in life.

Balance Weekend Retreat with Schuyler Grant & Jeff Krasno in Topanga, CA, April 5-7, 2024.
This weekend retreat is all about practices that cultivate balance in your life. This will include movement (yoga and hiking), focusing the mind (meditation and breathwork), hot and cold therapy (ice plunge and sauna), and enjoying time together in community. Go to onecommune.com/retreat for more info.

In this episode we cover:
00:08:00: How the commercial wine industry operates
00:09:00: The impacts of chemical farming
00:15:00: The 76 additives in commercial wine
00:23:00: What’s the difference between natural and commercial wine?
00:25:00: How yeast is collected in the natural wine fermentation process
00:31:00: How sugar gets into wine
00:34:00: How wine gets its color
00:41:00: Why some winemakers opt to keep sugar in their wines
00:43:00: How to have your wine and drink it too
00:44:00: What is dry farming?
00:48:00: How the irrigation process affects the taste of wine
00:50:00: The advantages of “stressing” plants
00:56:00: Farming with the rhythm of nature
01:06:00: Explaining how alcohol percentages are quantified

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Balance Weekend Retreat with Schuyler Grant & Jeff Krasno in Topanga, CA, April 5-7, 2024.

This weekend retreat is all about practices that cultivate balance in your life. This will include movement (yoga and hiking), focusing the mind (meditation and breathwork), hot and cold therapy (ice plunge and sauna), and enjoying time together in community. Go to onecommune.com/retreat for more info.Balance Weekend Retreat with Schuyler Grant & Jeff Krasno in Topanga, CA, April 5-7, 2024.

This weekend retreat is all about practices that cultivate balance in your life. This will include movement (yoga and hiking), focusing the mind (meditation and breathwork), hot and cold therapy (ice plunge and sauna), and enjoying time together in community. Go to onecommune.com/retreat for more info.