Oregon has long been known for making great Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris but now when you drink a bottle of Oregon wine, you may be doing something to support the environment...

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Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Jeffrey Wong Post Time: 07-24-2007 at 02:03 PM

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Paul Homchick Post Time: 08-26-2007 at 09:28 PM

Boxed wine has always been looked down on as the cheap way to consume the most elegant of alcoholic beverages. However, an opinion article from the New York Times says that this image should change considering the carbon footprint created by trucking around glass bottles. The vast majority (90% +) ...

Special edition: Environmental expertise I am Canadian. I shop at government-run liquor corporations. Finding a bottle of wine depends less on what neighbourhood you are passing through and more on what province or territory you live in. So when there's time, hopping across the Quebec-Ontario border is an opportunity to ...

It probably isn't a surprise that natural cork is environmentally friendly, but with the trend toward using screwcaps for wine bottle closures, it is necessary to look at how they impact the environment. According to research conduceted by a... Continue...

John Gladstones Viticulture and Environment explains in scientific detail the essence of wine quality...

Beaujolais Nouveau in plastic bottles? Boisset Family Estates has announced in a press release that next season’s Beaujolais Nouveau wines from the wineries of Mommessin and Bouchard Aîné & Fils shipped to the U.S. will be packaged in 750ml PET bottles. They will also be debuting Fog Mountain, the first ...

Screwcaps produce the largest carbon footprint compared to synthetic closures and corks.