Have you heard the term "natural wine" lately and wondered what it was? Today on Somm Tips, we asked Keri Levens to tell us what all the fuss is about. Is natural wine just a trend, or is it a larger, artisanal movement in wine that's here to stay?

In short, natural wines are known to have "low intervention" in their winemaking, from field through fermentation. Farming is done organically (or biodynamically), meaning nothing is added to the soil; conventional wines may use a variety of chemicals, including insecticides. No yeast or sugar is added during fermentation of natural wine, so only the natural yeasts that exist on the surface of the fruit are responsible for fermentation; in conventional winemaking, a variety of yeasts can be chosen to have less variability in wine year over year.

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Thanks to Keri Levens for hosting today's Somm Tips, and to Irving Bottle for letting us shoot in their beautiful natural wine shop!

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