Green Wine Guide
© Green Wine Guide / Jaymi Heimbuch
The wine industry is experiencing a change -- a change that will alter the way you understand and enjoy wines. Alongside some of the finest labels in the industry is an increasing number of phenomenal wines that come from vineyards practicing organic and biodynamic principles of agriculture. What exactly is biodynamics, how does it change the taste and ecological impact of wine, and how might you find organic wineries? We answer all these questions and more in the Green Wine Guide.
Every month we feature winemakers who are pushing the envelope in sustainable viticulture. Find hot recommendations for new wines to try and incredible recipes for perfectly paired dishes. If you're a wine enthusiast, you'll love the Green Wine Guide.
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Help Kickstart a sustainable cocktails recipe book
TreeHugger alumnus, Jerry James Stone is putting together a recipe book of holiday-inspired cocktails featuring fresh, sustainable ingredients. We're thirsty just thinking about it!
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Eco Wine Review: Wrath 2010 Ex Vite Pinot Noir
Wrath's 2010 Ex Vite Pinot Noir is complete, with lots of black cherry and red raspberry. A bit fuller than your typical Pinot, this wine is as drinkable as it is food friendly.
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Eco Wine Review: Frei Brothers Reserve 2009 Russian River Valley Chardonnay
Frei's 2009 Chardonnay touches your nose with hints of rose water, jasmine and other floral delights. But on the palette, it is swimming with honey and sweet butter and just enough acidity to make it all work.
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Eco Wine Review: Hahn SLH Estate 2010 Chef's Table Viognier
Hahn SLH Estate's 2010 Chef's Table Viognier is one of the most interesting whites you'll ever smell. It's completely intoxicating with notes of white peach, banana, honeydew and jasmine. Only 100 cases were made, so get this one quickly!
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13 Recipes for a Gourmet Vegetarian Cinco de Mayo
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style with these tasty gourmet, vegetarian recipes. They are simple and beyond yummy!
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Eco Wine Review: Wrath 2010 Ex Anima Chardonnay
Wrath's 2010 Ex Anima Chardonnay is billowing with so much tropical fruit that you half expect Kokomo to start playing on the jukebox the second you uncork it. I swear this wine was a Piña Colada in its past life.
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Eco Wine Review: Frei Brothers Reserve 2008 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
This eco-wine is thick with berries and molasses on the nose but the follow through is not your usual California cab. And for every acre of planted vineyard, Frei Brothers sets aside one acre to be preserved as natural wildlife habitat.
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Eco Wine Review: Hahn SLH Estate 2010 Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
This wine is brimming with bright fruit, dark undertones and those farmyard aromas common to most Pinots. With notes of pepper, strawberry and dried mint on the palette, this wine is as food-friendly as it is drinkable.
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Eco Wine Review: Unti Vineyard's 2008 Dry Creek Valley Grenache
Unti Vineyard's 2008 Grenache is smoky and spicy with cranberry and anise on the nose. Marionberry and a minty finish play well with the wine's acidity and refined tannins. And it's vegan!
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Eco Wine Review: Cline Cellars 2010 Cool Climate Chardonnay
The nose is dancing with floral highlights and warm peach aromas that you half expect it to be a dessert wine. But it's surprisingly elegant for a wine just under $10. The winery is 100-percent solar-powered, as is its sister winery, Jacuzzi.
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Wineries For Climate Protection – the Manifesto!
Here's the manifesto by the Spanish wine industry to fight climate change by making wineries more eco-friendly. Vines are very sensitive to climate change and so their environment, landscape, culture and tradition need protecting.
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Eco Wine Review: Lynmar Estate 2008 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
A delicate balance of dark fruit, cocoa, pepper and mushroom from a sustainable vineyard that donates to AIDS and cancer patients.
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Eco Wine Review: Unti Vineyard's 2007 Benchland Syrah
UNTI 2007 Syrah Benchland is dark, somewhat brooding like a radio-friendly Cure song. Within your glass you'll find flavors of grilled plum, anise and cocoa. The wine is unfined which means it is vegan.
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Grilled Avocado Guacamole (Video)
While I don't stray from my favorite guacamole recipe often, this one has a nice smokiness to it that's a great fit for fajitas or anything grilled.
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Eco Wine Review: Cline Cellars 2010 Cool Climate Pinot Noir
This eco-wine is bursting with red fruit aromas and vanilla. And it's minty finish is subtle yet clean so you won't mind a second glass. Which isn't a bad thing as this Pinot comes in under the $15 mark. And the winery is 100-percent solar-powered.
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Avocado Fried Egg is Californian Twist on the Most Basic Breakfast Item
This recipe is a reinterpretation of Egg in the Hole. Instead of using bread, I used a thick slice of avocado. Yum!
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California Sustainable Winery Lynmar Estate Also Grows Food for Cancer and AIDS Patients
This vineyard and winery in Sonoma County also grows fruits and vegetables, which high school students use to prepare healthy meals for cancer and AIDS patients.
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Shaved Cauliflower Salad with Lemon Garlic Dressing
You never know where inspiration for a dish will come from. So I walked the aisles of my local organic grocer looking for vegetables with the palest hues, and found a palette of veggies that simply made me swoon. Pair it with an off-dry Riesling.
