Krásná hora s.r.o

We listen to our vineyards like we listen to our kids and partners; in both cases, approaching them with respect and a lot of attention allows you to understand what makes them thrive.

Connection with the Earth

At the very beginning of my winegrowing career, I read Nicolas Joly’s book Wine From Sky to Earth. I didn’t really understand how somebody in France could have destroyed the vineyards so much that they needed an absolute change of farming. A disaster like this has never really happened in our village. Our grandfather never used herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers were a rare sight – they were expensive, and we had enough natural fertilizer from our own pigs and chickens. Distributing heaps of this stinky, heavy manure over our vineyards year after year wasn’t the most exciting of tasks, but it had to be done – we had tons of it anyways. This was my childhood, my “normal way” of doing things. My connection with the Earth is thus a natural one; as for the connection with the Universe, I’m still working on that.

In spring 2014, we already felt quite comfortable with organics, but couldn’t quite get a hold of biodynamics. We thought: Since we don’t understand its theory, let’s try it in practice, and we started. Already during the first season, the main pieces of the puzzle all fell into place – it was a no-brainer. Since then, we’ve been trying to follow this path as honestly as we can. It’s not about applying a method. It’s an attitude towards life in general, towards nature as a whole.

It’s not about applying a method. It’s an attitude towards life in general

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