Directly preceding LIWF (London International Wine Festival), RAW festival was held in London with a specific focus on organic, biodynamic and natural wine. This festival was brought to life owing to efforts and hard work of Isabelle Legeron, presenter of TV show "Journey into Wine" and Master of Wine, who is striving to promote natural wine and bring it closer to wide circle of wine lovers.

This year, for the first time, a Serbian winery also took part at RAW festival. This is particularly important given that there were no Serbian wineries among exhibitors at LIWF 2012.

The representative of organic, biodynamic wines from Serbia at RAW festival in London was La Francuska Vinarija from Rogljevo (Negotin). The owners of this winery are French, Estelle & Cyrille Bongiraud, who recognized the potential of Negotin region and took up production of organic and biodynamic wines from Serbia. La Francuska Vinarija is a member of AVN (Association des Vins Nature), an association of natural wine producers. La Francuska Vinarija exhibited their wines: Obećanje 2009 (made from Gamay) and Poema 2009 (a blend of Tamjanika,Muscat Ottonel and Riesling). These wines are characterized by minimum use of sulphites (25-34 mg/L), they haven't been filtered and without additional yeast.

 

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