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Green isn’t usually something you look for in a wine.
For wine geeks, ‘green’ can note underripe fruit, or lip-stinging acid. But the global movement towards all things earth-conscious and environmentally-friendly also extends to wine. Don't forget, wine is an agricultural product, from ground to grape to your glass. Winemaking has been around for thousands of years and for most of that time it’s been a very natural and organic process. Sadly, in today’s mass-market consumerism, modern winemaking is anything but. From the pesticides in the farming, to the gas to run the tractor, to the manufacture of the glass bottles, to the global shipping engine, the wine on your table costs more than dollars.
It's simple to drink green, while still drinking well. Think about wine like you think about food. It’s bonkers to buy organic vegetables and free-range chicken and GMO-free breads made from heirloom grains only to serve it with an $8 bottle of chemically enhanced, additive-heavy, commodity-driven, 20-million bottle/year production of manufactured plonk. You care about where your tomatoes and your salmon comes from? Good on you, responsible consumer. How about thinking about where that wine comes from too? We would love to see folks pay as much attention to what goes in your glass as to what ends up on your plate.
With St. Patrick's Day approaching, forget about drinking green beer. Pick up some of these delicious sustainable, organic, or biodynamic wines in this week's expanded Top 10. Your planet, and your palate, will thank you.
