Methodology, in full context
Read the supplied Natural Wine Score whitepaper.
Five lenses on the work behind the wine.
The published score gives different weight to vineyard practices, cellar choices, and social impact. Explore the framework—and reflect on your practices without mistaking it for an official result.
Published category weights
Each percentage below is part of the published Natural Wine Score methodology.
Viticulture Practices
Vineyard work, farming choices, and care for the land.
Sulfur Dioxide & Additives
Use of sulfur dioxide and other winemaking additives.
Native Yeast & Enzymes
Fermentation practices and the use of enzymes.
Fining & Filtration
Choices that affect clarification and filtration.
Social Impact
The people and community connected to producing the wine.
This page does not calculate an official Natural Wine Score. The original questionnaire's exact question wording, answer options, conditional logic, thresholds, and scoring calculations are not available in this integration-free build. Category weights alone are not enough to recreate those rules, so no result is invented.
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A non-scored reflection
Put your practices into words.
Use the prompts to organize your thoughts or start a conversation with the Authority. They do not produce a score, certification, or eligibility decision.