The skinny on ecofriendly wines: Part one, sustainability
It’s only natural what with Earth Day last week eco-friendly wines are on the brain. Eco-friendly, what? You heard me! Ecofriendly WINES. It’s a new-ish buzz word encompassing the many (confusing) categories of wine including biodynamic, organic and sustainable wines, among others. We’ll be tackling these various terms and attempting to break them down into bite size pieces on Wicked Local. Today we’re starting with “sustainable” wines.
Check out what Tim Thornhill and his crew are doing at Mendocino Wine Co. to reduce their carbon footprint, churn out fabulous wines and grow their business all the while. Cool stuff.
What’s your knowledge of “sustainable” wines? Is it something that’s important to you?
April 29th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Nice article Rebecca- For your readers wanting to learn more about Eco-friendly wines they should visit the California Sustainable Winegrowers Alliance Association website. They have been working diligently over the last year on a certificate program that will certify wineries as sustainable. Other wines to consider that are sustainable farmed, organic or biodynamic- Magnanimus Wine Group (Owsley Brown III), Ceago Vinegarden (Jim Fetzer), Frey Winery (Katrina and John Frey), and Benzinger (Mike Benzinger). Another association that certifies wineries to be biodynamic is Demeter USA. This will be a huge topic to manage and I hope that you get it right. Good Luck-
April 29th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Thanks for your comment! Check back next Monday as we’ll be hitting a related topic, too I think you’ll be interested in.