Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of food (or drink) on our tables.
Winemaker Michel Chapoutier discusses his winery’s historic and now legendary conversion to biodynamic farming.
American wine writer Alice Feiring compares reactions to ‘natural wines’ on each side of the Atlantic after the first UK Natural Wine Fair.
I’ve broken the list up into two categories: people and wineries/organizations. The first part of the list is focused on individuals whose tweets are mostly related to green issues like sustainability, conservation, green agriculture and farming practices, and local economies as they relate to the wine industry.
Galam Frey Vinyards, the first certified Organic and Biodynamic winery in the U.S., discusses the difference between traditional, organic, and biodynamic farming.
There lots of talk about what level of organic wine is enough. Rebecca Work of Ampelos Cellars produces Biodynamic wines that are also certified sustainable and she explains the difference between organic wines, biodynamic wines, and sustainable wines. Beeman TV
On a panel I sat on Saturday at Taste Washington, Pepper Bridge winemaker Jean-Francois Pellet talked about how the previous owner of a vineyard he works with had killed everything with herbicides, and the soil was lifeless.
“Sustainable” has the potential to be the ultimate adjective in responsible winemaking. Unlike a rigid program like certified organic or biodynamic, a good sustainable wine program could allow farmers the option of rescuing a pest-threatened crop if unusual conditions really demanded it, while encouraging herbicide-free and pesticide-free farming most vintages.
If you have a reaction to red wine, but not white, then your problem is probably not a sulfite allergy. In most cases, there are more sulfites in white wine than in red.
There are many misconceptions revolving around pairing food with wine, and this is particularly true of organic wine pairing. Along with the popularity of organic food has come a new push for organic wines, although many consumers are confused about what exactly this means.
NOT too long ago, organically labelled products were somewhat a curiosity on the shelves. These days natural products that were once sold in specialist shops have gone mainstream, thanks to a more health-conscious consumer
This year’s version is House Resolution 1161, the Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act. The new CARE Act, if passed, could end direct shipping of wine and other forms of alcohol in the United States, or at least put major roadblocks in front of lawsuits by consumers and wineries trying to reduce restrictions on direct shipping.
