Tag: Wine - Page 4
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For Old Wine Bottles, a New Life: Works of Art from Reblown Glass
It's a given that the French are among the best at making, and drinking, wine. But what to do with all the empty glass bottles? There's the recycling bin, of course, but for glass worker Jean Michel Daluzeau, there is a much more
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Frog's Leap Winery: Saves 10 Million Gallons of Water a Year with Dry-Farming
The eco-renovated Red Barn from the 1880's. Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/frogs-leap-waterless-organic-farming.php'; Frog's Leap Winery is an organic and biodynamic vineyard located in the heart of Napa's
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Benziger: '60s Pot Farm Becomes Sonoma's First Certified Biodynamic Winery
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/benziger-60s-pot-farm-becomes-napas-first-certified-biodynamic-winery.php'; Mike Benziger and his wife Mary first discovered what was originally the Glen Ellen estate at Sonoma
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Kaz Vineyard & Winery: Serious Organic Wine for the Not-So-Serious
Hidden away in the Valley of the Moon is an organic winemaker who is very serious about winemaking. His name is Richard Kasmier but he goes by Kaz. And like some modern-day alchemist, he whips offbeat grape
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Medlock Ames: An Organic Vineyard with Mini Cows and a Century-Old Biker Bar
Medlock Ames is an organic and sustainable winery nestled upon Bell Mountain in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley. Sheltered from the fog of the nearby Pacific Ocean, the valley is one
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New Wine In Old Bottles: The Greenest Way To Drink
Whenever there is a discussion about wine packaging, TreeHugger comes down on the side of local and refillable. We return often to TreeHugger Emeritus Ruben Anderson's article in the Tyee: New Wine in Old Bottles, where he notes
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Cork vs Plastic: How Real Cork is Harvested and Why It Matters
Pablo has already talked about the environmental pros and cons of wine corks, and Kara has also looked at the real versus synthetic cork debate. (On the other hand, when Kristin talked about the recyclable benefits of
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Jacuzzi Wines and Cline Cellars: "Beyond Organic" Winemaking
The name Jacuzzi may be most often associated with spas and hot tubs, but in the Carneros region of Sonoma, California, locals know that the family surname also means great wine.
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Vintage Wine Barrels Refashioned As Flooring: Fontenay Woods
From bottles to corks, there's a dizzying array of possibilities when it comes to reusing wine-related products, and now you can add reclaimed wine barrels to the list. Though some companies shave off the top layers in an attempt
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Road Plan Threatens World's Best Riesling Vineyards
On the steep hillsides of the Mosel valley, in southwestern Germany, the vineyards are tended by hand, as they have been since Roman times. It is not uncommon for a modern vintner to have a family history
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Ask Pablo: Which Is Less Bad For The Environment: Wine Or Beer?
Like car commercials claiming that 2000 pounds of metal and plastic are
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Biodynamic Wine: One California Vineyard Doing it Right (Slideshow)
Biodynamic is a relatively new buzz word in the wine industry. DeLoach Vineyard in Santa Rosa, California isn't just growing grapes to make some stellar wine: This winery is growing them in a way few others are, and because of
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Can 'Ecological Exploitation' Save Teghut Forest?
Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining
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Marks & Spencer Delivers Wine in Plastic Bottles, but Is It Greener?
Alcoholic beverage distributors have long wanted to sell small bottles of
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Is Biodynamic and Organic Wine Still Green If It Is Shipped Halfway Around The World?
Wine is tough. We really should drink local in refillable bottles. Since we cannot do that, we should take into account the carbon footprint of its travel. If you are in New York, Pablo calculates that a bottle of Australian
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Best of Green: Food and Health (Slideshow)
Of all the environmental issues to think about -- and there a lot of them -- questions concerning food and health are common to us all. We've all got to eat, and do so every day, and so questions of how we manage the environment and how the environment
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The Storvino 100% Recycled Wine Storage System
When it comes to choosing a low-impact vino, there are certainly some tough questions. Which wine has a lower carbon footprint, Californian or French? Should I look for a cork or a cap? Box, bottle, or pouch? Glass or plastic? Assuming you end up with
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From the Slideshows: Tiger Salamander Dodges Winemakers and Homebuilders and Hopes to Survive
So it wasn't long ago that TreeHugger featured a slideshow called "10 Creatures That Conveniently Grow Back Body Parts." One of those creatures, the Tiger Salamander, has since been granted protection under
