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What is biodynamic whisky – and how does terroir come into play? The new farming practice is more sustainable and can improve flavour – meet the distilleries sparking the trend

• Traditional whisky makers have dismissed the providence of barley, or terroir, but biodynamic farming – think organic, but more esoteric – threatens to shake up taste buds
• Ireland’s Waterford Distillery applied the concept first at Bruichladdich in Islay, which was sold to Rémy Cointreau, then built a distillery in an old Guinness beer factory