The Path of Modern Biodynamics

Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Laboratorio del Gusto, Salone del Gusto
Centro Lingotto Fiere, Via Nizza 294, Turin

The Path of Modern Biodynamics

Struck in the 1980s, as a student at the Faculty of Agriculture in Florence, by the “alternative” truths about agronomic science from Masanobu Fukuoka, Leonello Anello had a decisive encounter with the works of Rudolf Steiner and began a formative path that led him, in 1991, to meet Australian Alex Podolinsky, one of the pioneers of modern biodynamics. Anello will narrate the evolution and practical application of modern biodynamics in viticulture and winemaking, offering you a tasting of the excellent white and red wines branded as “i vini biodinamici®.”

Video interview with Leonello Anello on the occasion of the workshop “The Path of Modern Biodynamics” held at the Salone del Gusto in Turin on 10/23/2010

Link to the interview

“I was asked to speak about myself through my wines; to tell my story, which is also the story of modern biodynamics. Some milestones in my professional journey have coincided with key moments in the development of biodynamics in Italy.” This is how Leonello Anello opened his Laboratorio del Gusto at the Salone del Gusto in Turin on October 23, 2010.

After recounting the pivotal moments of his formation — from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Florence (which had over 600 students in the early ’80s!), to his encounter with Masanobu Fukuoka, to the fundamental discovery of Rudolf Steiner’s writings, and the decisive exchanges with Alex Podolinsky in 1991, 1993, and 1995 — he illustrated the core principles of the biodynamic method he has developed over more than twenty years of work in vineyard and winery.

He began with the key principle that:
“Biodynamics cannot be equated with any other form of agriculture because it does not interact directly with the physical body of the plant.”

Here are the wines tasted at the Laboratorio del Gusto:

• Tenuta Selvadolce RUCANTU’ Pigato 2007 Riviera Ligure di Ponente

• Tenuta Selvadolce ROSSO Rossese 2008

• Querciabella Sangiovese 2009

• Masiero VERDUGO Merlot 2007 Rosso Veneto Igt

• Casa Wallace IL DOLCETTO 2007 Dolcetto d’Ovada

• Stella di Campalto BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2005

• Orsi Vigneto San Vito PRO.VINO 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Colli Bolognesi