If you read Issue 3 of Mutineer Magazine, then you know the deal with BottleRock in Culver City, CA. This place is the real deal, with one of the best bottle for bottle beverage programs you’ll ever see. Helmed by the incredible palate of Sommelier George Skorka, I can’t say enough about this killer establishment.
The reason I mention them today is that beginning April 1st, BottleRock will offer, “a special list of beer and wine producers that use sustainable, organic, biodynamic or photovoltaic practices.”
Here are some of the highlights from the special, earth-inspired list:
BEER
Brasserie Dupont Foret Saison Ale (organic) $13
Samuel Smith Lager (organic) $11
Schneider Weisen Edle-Weisse (organic) $12
WINE
White
NV Raventós i Blanc ‘L’Hereu’ Brut Cava, Spain (sustainable) $13 glass, $39 bottle
2007 Abad Dom. Bueno Godello, Bierzo, Spain (biodynamic) $12 glass, $35 bottle
2007 Muralhas de Monção, Vinho Verde, Portugal (organic) $11 glass, $34 bottle
2007 Dom. Vincent Pinard Sancerre, Florès (biodynamic) $22 glass, $65 bottle 2005 Dom. Jo Pithon ‘Les Pepinieres’, Anjou (biodynamic) $12 glass, $36 bottle
2007 Honig Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc (sustainable) $20 glass, $59 per 375ml bottle
2006 Honig Sauvignon Blanc (sustainable) $10 glass, $30 bottle
2007 Yalumba Viognier, South Australia (organic) $9 glass, $27 bottle
2007 ZD Wines Chardonnay (organic) $16 glass, $49 bottle
Red
2006 Dom. Olivier Pithon ‘La Coulée’, Côtes du Rousillon (biodynamic) $12 glass, $36 bottle
2006 Honig ‘Rutherford’ Reserve, Napa Valley (sustainable) $13 glass, $39 bottle
2003 Beau Thorey ‘Danse des Ceps’, Languedoc (organic/biodynamic) $13 glass, $40 bottle
2006 Cellar Magic ‘Van der Kamp Vyd.’, Sonoma Mountain (sustainable) $18 glass, $55 bottle
2006 Hahn Estates Pinot Noir, Monterey County (sustainable) $11 glass, $32 bottle
2005 ZD Wines Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley (organic) $22 glass, $65 bottle
For more information visit BottleRock’s website.
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Comments 
Michael | Wednesday, February 25, 2009
pardon my noobness …. but what does biodynamic entail?
Alan Kropf | Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Biodynamic is a kind of sustainable farming and production set of standards that some people swear by and other people chuckle at. Here are a few excerpts from the Oxford Wine Companion on the subject:
“biodynamic wine viticulture is, depending on your perspective, and enhance or extreme form of organic viticulture. This controversial regime has produces some impressive results but without the reassurance of conclusive scientific explanation…Biodynamics sees each vineyard as a living organism which can be maintained in a self-sustaining way.”
Michael | Wednesday, February 25, 2009
GREAT! Thanks MM :)
8vertiser | Friday, March 20, 2009
The above biodynamic’s explanation sounds like “modernizing” traditional way of producing wine.
Pardon me if I’m wrong.
Alan Kropf | Friday, March 20, 2009
I’d actually go the other way and say that biodynamic is going back in time the the purest and most natural form of viticulture, though it is quite controversial
Alan Kropf | Friday, March 20, 2009
…that is, controversial in terms of the perceived benefits