Defining Green Wine
Defining Green Wine
Apr 22, 2012 6
(HuffingtonPost) - There's been a lot of talk about "green" wines recently, so in honor of Earth Day we decided to break down the journey from the vine to the bottle to determine how a wine gets the green stamp. These days there are many shades of green so we are looking at four buzzwords to define what it means to be green: sustainable, organic, biodynamic and natural.
Sustainable
Sustainable wine is made with three main goals: environmental stewardship, economic profitability and social and economic equity. Sustainable winemakers do this by pursuing healthy and productive vines for current and future generations, taking care of those that work the land and giving back to the community - all while furthering business goals. Once hard to define and certify, organizations like California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, Oregon Certified Sustainable Wine and SIP (Sustainability in Practice) are making sure sustainable wineries have guidelines to follow.
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