Talking Biodynamics with Nicolas Joly – Part I

Talking Biodynamics with Nicolas Joly – Part I – Episode #628

February 23, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk is honored to be joined by Nicolas Joly, a champion of biodynamic farming practices and certifiable wine legend.

Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version.

Comments on this episode(181) Leave a comment ›

“I shall wait until the end of part two to comment. Good stuff so far….” by Dessert Wine Nerd
“Fascinating!…” by Russ J
View all 181 ›

Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Les Clos Sacrés Chenin Blanc

181 Responses

Pages: [8] 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 » Show All

March 16, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
I shall wait until the end of part two to comment. Good stuff so far…..
March 13, 2009

Russ J
Fascinating!
March 4, 2009

JayZee
Interesting beginning and a very interesting character, Mr. Berman’s comments not withstanding (I’ve never had Joly’s wines so I cannot comment).
March 2, 2009

Jim Berman
Joly is a fraud. Most of his wine is so-so at best, and overpriced crap at worst. For the past two decades he’s wasted one of the best chenin blanc vineyards (Coulee de Serrant) in existence. There are several other chenin blanc producers who also practice organic and/or biodynamic viticulture, but who actually care what they put in the bottle.
March 2, 2009

yowens
What a great guy! Can’t wait for part two.
March 2, 2009

Heather W
On to part 2! What an enchanting guest…it’s like listening to a story, and I don’t want it to end.
March 1, 2009

Sharon
Ah, I do love hearing from biodynamic winemakers. Have spoken with a few and am always pleased with the results of their work. You can’t argue with great results, no matter how odd sounding the methods.
February 28, 2009

Sonia
Great episode, he makes it all sound like poetry… I’ve always considered wine a little magical, I think he does too. Thanks Gary for bringing him on!
February 28, 2009

SeattleJim
WOW!!!!! thanks a whole lot guys, what a great episode!

qotd: unfortunately not always but often so much, i’ve always agreed with the “too much enology kills the wine”
February 28, 2009

YoungDave
GREAT ep so far. This guy has got passion, knowledge, and a great sense of humor. GOTTA give you some props after he screamed for whites at room temperature. What sweet, sweet vindication!
February 27, 2009

sc
ummm…by far the best episodes yet.
he is an inspiring man within the relm of wine and beyond.
please invite him back…or better yet, go there and do and do a couple episodes.
February 27, 2009

Thomas
Greatest episode ever! Thanks to Gary and Nicolas!
February 27, 2009

Jayhitek
Great episode.
February 26, 2009

Megan
As a relatively new viewer, I think this has to be my favorite episode so far. Msr. Jolay’s passion is so evident and refreshing — not to mention actually quieting you, Gary! — I could watch him for days. I LOVE the expression on your face, Gary, you & Nicolas have some serious bonhomie goin’ on. Now on to Part 2!
February 26, 2009

Lau
This is just great! Love the passion, love the french accent, just love it.
February 25, 2009

Scott from Salt Lake
Fantastic guest Gary!
February 25, 2009

David Dadekian
Excellent, excellent show. I had a great time visiting the Benziger winery, also biodynamic, in Sonoma a couple of years ago. They have a very good tour of the vineyard and winery there.
February 25, 2009

M
white wine, not white white (oops)
February 25, 2009

M
Today someone told a group of us that white white should be chilled. It was an informal wine class. I gasped. I’ve always preferred my whites at room temp. They are even too cold right from the wine storage unit, 55-60 F. I can’t pop and pour.
February 25, 2009

TommyB
This is the best guy you have had on the show!
February 25, 2009

Paryb
Couldn’t agree more Loweeel I think that winemaking is an artform, carefully developed over thousands of years by artists, not wind currents or fairy farts.
February 25, 2009

Loweeel
What’s natural about adding crystals? About sacrificing a bull in the fields? About burying a cow’s horn in the fields after filling it with manure, then spraying it all over the crops? Burning a mouse and scattering its ashes?

How do any of those provide additional help beyond organic farming, coupled with sound farming common sense? It’s the mystical bullshit that makes BD the farce it is.

What is it about an arbitrary, mystical, out-of-thin-air creation of fire, earth, water days that makes any sense? About the sylphs and undines created from the proto-naziSteiner’s racist and febrile imagination?

What about placing grapes in a bin? About destemming? About racking or bottling wine? How are any of those natural?

All of these are HUMAN activities.
February 25, 2009

Paryb
Sorry, messed up my HTML tags, that was a quote of a previous post, by Murso

I have lots of respect for Loweeel not just cause I’m scared of his PSyronic power either.

and I still think this is weird:

Preparation 500 – Cow manure is buried in cow horns in the soil. The manure is then spread over the fields.
Preparation 501 – Ground quartz is buried in cow horns in the soil. The quartz is sprayed over the vines.
Preparation 502 – Yarrow flowers are fermented in a deer’s bladder, then applied to the compost.
Preparation 503 – Chamomille flowers are fermented in the soil, then applied to the compost.
Preparation 504 – Stinging nettle tea is applied to the compost.
Preparation 505 – Oak bark fermented in the skull of a domestic animal is applied to the compost.
Preparation 506 – Dandelion flowers fermented in cow mesentery is applied to the compost.
Preparation 507 – Valerian flower juice is applied to the compost.
Preparation 508 – Horsetail tea is applied to the vines.
February 25, 2009

Glen... winecrazy.com
Nature is a much better wine maker than any huuman being….!!!!!!

Gotta love it…!!!!

Oh, and the only pig headed ignorant one here is PARYB…. but then the bible does say. …

Corinthians 14:38

“But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant”
February 25, 2009

paryb
Mr. Loweeel exposes himself to be the type unable to learn, or accept new systems and info. His unyielding attitude reminds me of nothing more than the pig headed ignorance of the previous administration

That’s got to be the silliest thing I’ve ever read.