Articles tagged with the word "sustainable":

New Zealand shows the specificity of sustainability

Published on January 6, 2015

New Zealand may be ahead of the sustainability game with almost all producers signed up to some sort of sustainability accreditation system, whether the country’s own Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ), or certified organics, biodynamics or ISO 14001, but the situation on the ground is far from a one-size-fits-all model. Anyone hoping for a single index that measures producers’ paths towards increasing sustainability is sadly disillusioned.


Recycling cork stoppers

Published on November 13, 2011

Recycling cork stoppers for use in the manufacture of non-stopper products, or for re-use in other programmes is beginning to get off the ground in a potentially meaningful way.


Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified cork stoppers

Published on November 12, 2011

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has been certifying Mediterranean cork forests since 2005. Certification means cork oak growers can supply to cork stopper manufacturers traceable cork planks from forests certified to adopt landscape-sustainable practices.


Authentic Wine, by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop MW

Published on October 9, 2011

I’d imagined this was going to be a book about natural wines under a slightly different name to draw us in. But the reader quickly grasps this book is about more than the narrow, ‘natural’, narrative. It embraces the broadest discussion of wines of place within a treatise around the various environmental issues affecting viticulture and winemaking.


An interview with … Philippe Drouhin of Joseph Drouhin

Published on January 13, 2011

An interview with … Philippe Drouhin of Maison Joseph Drouhin, July 2010.


Biodynamic Wine Guide 2011, Monty Waldin

Published on January 9, 2011

Monty Waldin updates the world of biodynamic growers.


Re-discovering biodiversity

Published on May 10, 2010

Biodiversity is the latest in a series of buzz-words in the field of sustainability as all agriculturally-based industries address the vagaries and pitfalls of mono-culture. Viticulture is also adapting to the new order.


Packaging formats, recycling and improving sustainability

Published on May 16, 2009

Lower carbon emissions can be achieved by taking weight out of packaging, especially where long distances are travelled from point of packaging to destination market. Lighter weight glass, wine in cans, pouches and composite cartons … it’s all up for grabs.

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