Currently, only France has an official certification for natural wines: the "vin méthode nature", established in September 2019 by the Syndicat de défense des vins naturels. Its objectives are to defend natural wine before public institutions, to communicate around the charter and logo, and to build a community of oenologists, wine professionals and consumers. Two certifications exist: one for wines with no added sulphites, another for wines with less than 30 mg per litre. In Spain, no equivalent exists. Only organic and Demeter labels are available, but neither guarantees a natural wine, meaning a wine produced without chemicals or industrial techniques, from hand-harvested grapes grown using agroecological methods.
To identify genuinely healthy wines, the Vi Natural project created a visual mark, Raïm i au!, which means "nothing but grapes" in Valencian. It guarantees our definition of natural wine. Simple, clear and effective. A recognisable mark that gives an identity to the concept, materialised as a sticker for wine bottles, with three objectives:
- to give visibility to the mark and to the winegrowers who use it,
- to inform the consumer,
- to offer an ecological and affordable alternative to plastic or aluminium capsules on corks.
We intend to register Raïm i au! as a guarantee mark, making it available to winegrowers who respect these conditions. A guarantee mark certifies the common characteristics of products under the control and authorisation of the mark holder. It is regulated by Spanish law. We began promoting Raïm i au! in the Alicante and Valencia areas, but winegrowers from Catalonia have already expressed their wish to join. And why not throughout Spain or in France? It is also a way to promote our language and our culture. A great deal of work and investment lies ahead, but we have succeeded in everything we have undertaken so far, and we trust in the benevolence of Dionysus. Nothing seems impossible.