Recent Posts Tagged With 'environmental efforts'

• Saving Cork Forests Produces Unintended Consequences

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 01:00 in environmental efforts

  The wine industry is making sincere efforts at going green. Amongst the environmental choices wine makers face is whether or not to use real or synthetic corks in their bottles. But chalk these efforts up to the law of unintended consequences. Or, as...

• Drink Locally, Improve Your Carbon Footprint

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 02:00 in environmental efforts

  Could buying and drinking only local wines reduce the amount of fossil fuels you burn? One Aspen columnist says yes. It's all about the carbon footprint, or the amount of diesel and gasoline consumed to get a person or object from Point A to Point B;...

• Vintage 2008: What the Wine Year Brought

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 02:00 in viticulture, environmental efforts, wine statistics, viniculture

  Globally, what were the trends for winemakers, viticulture and viniculture? News service Reuters says the focus was on greener production and an eye on production costs and consumer's pocketbooks. Under the headline, "Vintage '08? A Mixed Case of Eco...

• When It Comes To Going Green, Wine Makers Mean Business

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 02:00 in environmental efforts

  So how serious are wine makers globally about making their agricultural practices environmentally compliant? Very, said Business Wire in a recent press release. Under the headline, "Wine Industry Intent on Truly Going Green: UC Davis Graduate School ...