Posts Tagged sustainability

  • 10 Things About… - July 30th, 2010

    Wherein we give you 10 tidbits about the topic dujour – factoids & ideas, sometimes a specific winery, region, conference or workshop. But always something to get you thinking. . Here we start with 10 things (nuggets and personal take aways) from a workshop on bees taken at a biodynamic farming program at the Rudolf [...]
  • At Cowhorn Vineyards… - September 1st, 2009

    Chatting with Bill Steele from Cowhorn Vineyards in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley…
  • An Agricultural Perspective - August 11th, 2009

    If you haven’t seen Food, Inc., go! It says a lot. And it speaks to what’s behind what we’re choosing.

    This rambling is based on the idea that agriculture is not natural to start with.
  • A Panel of Grape Growers - August 5th, 2009

    I attended a conference called, Growing Even Greener: Ecowinegrowing in California’s North Coast in Hopland, CA. The whole experience was an awe-filled mouthful. I’m excited to see the word sustainability taking on a bigger picture meaning that has lots of soul.

    Here’s a little punch line storytelling…
  • Chew on This… - July 22nd, 2009

    In our on-going journey to reframe organic in the wine world, we’re going to play with the term, living wine.

    Wine in general needs to open a while, and we’re talking more than an hour. Imagine wine that gets better for several days once opened, maybe 3, 4, or 5 days.

    Okay, you get up in the morning, you stretch, breathe, get some water in you, a little coffee, step outside, breathe some more air, go for a walk… you’re waking up, and you start to find your mojo for the day.

    If a wine is alive why wouldn’t it need it’s own version of that?
  • To Sulfite or Not to Sulfite? - June 24th, 2009

    One of the biggest questions I hear is, does the wine contain sulfites? Sulfites are used in wine for lots of things. Elemental sulfur (which is an organic compound) is used in the vineyards to prevent powdery mildew. Sulfur dioxide is used at several spots.
  • The Sustainability Car - June 22nd, 2009

    Sustainability… all of a sudden everybody’s doing it! Large, small, corporate or family farm the word sustainable is the marketing popsicle of the moment.
  • Biodynamic Wine from Cowhorn Vineyards - June 20th, 2009

    I recently visited Bill Steele of Cowhorn Vineyards in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley (a solidly under the radar viticultural area). When one discovers how young their vines are, paired with how good their wines are, the question becomes, ‘what’s up with that’? Answer #1: Biodynamically farmed grapes made according to Demeter standards so the wine can be labelled as Biodynamic® Wine.
  • Taste without waste! - June 19th, 2009

    Wooldridge Creek Winery, in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley, is hitting a home run on the sustainability train. They’re reducing the waste of packaging bigtime. The Ashland Daily Tiding’s article, ALL THE TASTE WITHOUT THE WASTE, tells the story. Three local area restaurants (Standing Stone Brewery, Kaleidoscope Pizza, and 4 Daughters Irish Pub) are hoppin’ on the train. By the way, Wooldridge Creek passes the test on the ConsciousWine criteria.