Vines and Values - Taylor, Sandra E.

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Résumé :
What if your next bottle of wine could support the planet, protect workers, and fight climate change? Vines and Values: A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Wine shifts the spotlight to where it matters most: the consumer. In this eye-opening and empowering guide, sustainability expert Sandra E. Taylor reveals how your wine purchases can drive real change across the global wine industry. Over the past fifteen years, vineyards and wineries have embraced a wide range of environmental practices, including organic and biodynamic farming, natural winemaking, and low-carbon packaging. Many producers now carry certifications for sustainable winegrowing. However, while the industry is evolving, consumers are still left guessing at what these labels mean and which wines truly align with their values. This book changes that. Vines and Values demystifies sustainability in wine by offering clear explanations of terms such as certified organic, regenerative, biodynamic, and natural wine. It introduces Wine-WATCH, a groundbreaking rating system that helps shoppers identify wines made with environmental integrity and social responsibility. You will also discover how to reduce your carbon footprint through wine choices, explore stories of innovative winemakers, and learn how to support fair labor and climate resilience through what is in your glass. Whether you are a wine lover, an eco-conscious consumer, or a sustainability advocate, this is your essential guide to ethical, eco-friendly, and great-tasting wine. Drink smarter. Choose greener. Make every glass count....

Sommaire:
Throughout the last fifteen years, a sea change has occurred in the attitudes of wine industry leaders toward environmental responsibility. Vineyards and wineries have adopted a breadth of environmental practices, and many are certified by a myriad of sustainability authentication programs. In Vines and Values: A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Wine, author Sandra E. Taylor shifts the focus to the consumer. She explains that when consumers make purchases that favor environmentally and socially responsible wines, they impact circumstances further down the supply chain. Those purchases can lead to more resilient farming communities, healthier workers, balanced ecosystems, a stronger commitment to social responsibility, and economic vitality for wine producers. Vines and Values: A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Wine offers a deeper understanding of wine and discusses how sustainable practices-organic, biodynamic, natural, and more-are applied in both the vineyard and in the winery. It shares how wine consumers can reduce their individual carbon footprint through wine choices, and it introduces a new sustainability rating system. Wine - WATCH ratings inform consumers where the wine they select fits on a continuum of environmental and social responsibility performance....