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Eco Scoop
by Jac Chebatoris
 
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:46 AM

Cheers! Organic Wine is Good for the Planet.

You know how one glass of wine (red, white) is good for your heart? Turns out if it's organic wine, not only is it good for you (moderation, people), but it's good for the planet, too  In fact, processing wine organically is twice as good for the plane, according to a report by  New Scientist Environment:

"Valentina Niccolucci and colleagues from the University of Siena, Italy, measured the resources used to grow, package and distribute wine made from Sangiovese grapes at two farms in Tuscany 30 kilometres apart. The organic farm used only natural fertilisers and pesticides, and most operations were done by hand, while the other used conventional methods of production. The team worked out the resources needed to support the making of each wine - its "eco-footprint".

The final eco-stats are this:

"A bottle from the organic farm had an eco-footprint of 7.17 square metres, half that of the non-organic wine with a footprint of 13.98 square metres."

Even better? These wines aren't hard to find--or for just high-dollar connoisseurs. Whole Foods sells an organic wine, without added sulfites as well, for under $10 called Our Daily Red, and Parducci, the country's first carbon neutral winery, makes "Sustainable Red,"  from 95 percent organic grapes at a solar-powered winery in Mendocino, Calif.

So here's to you, your health and our planet's as well.