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Written by PlentyMag.com
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 00:00 |
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One company's quest to turn old wine corks into new flooring. A few years ago, when Stephen Yemm and his wife set out to build a bigger house for their growing family and home-based business in Marquand, Miss., an architect recommended cork flooring for some areas of the home. Yemm immediately thought of using wine corks for his new floor. “I’ve always been saving them, but never knew what to do with them,” he says. After all, there’s a limit to how many cork bulletin boards one person can make—or use. |
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Written by Willamette Valley Vineyards
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 00:00 |
TURNER, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It just got easier for Oregon and Washington state wine consumers to recycle cork from their bottles.
Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVV) was the first winery in the world to receive certification from the Rainforest Alliance for using 100 percent Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified cork. With the new Cork Re-Harvest program, it becomes the first winery to launch a cork recycling program with zero increase to its carbon footprint.
WVV Founder and President Jim Bernau said the new program is needed to sustain the cork forests of Portugal, Spain, and other cork producing countries. Part of the program’s goal is to raise awareness of the sustainability of the Mediterranean cork forests.
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Written by Energy Current
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Monday, 02 March 2009 23:51 |
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 PASO ROBLES, CALIF.: J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines today unveils the largest solar tracking array in the North American wine industry, a three-acre, state-of-the-art, 756 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) single-axis tracking system designed to offset 75 percent of the winery's energy usage at its Paso Robles operations.
The new, ground-mounted installation is comprised of 4,320 PV modules that track the sun from east to west on a daily basis to optimize production of solar-generated electricity. The system was designed and installed by Denver-Colo.-based Conergy.
"J. Lohr has an impressive track record of environmental responsibility, and by both adopting sustainable practices and being willing to share its experience with others, is helping to expand the California wine industry's widespread sustainability movement," said Allison Jordan, executive director for CSWA, the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.
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Thursday, 08 January 2009 00:00 |
Napa Winery Planting 1,000 Trees, Supporting Wine Cork Recycling at Whole Foods
NAPA, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Stepping up its commitment to sustainability, Cuvaison Estate Wines today announced it will support the replanting of cork oak forests in threatened habitats in Portugal.
Cuvaison said it will work with ReCORK America and its corporate sponsor, Amorim of Portugal, to plant up to 1,000 trees by April 30, 2009. During the same period, ReCORK is calling on consumers to recycle used wine corks at 26 participating Whole Foods Markets in Northern California. Consumers can also turn in corks at Cuvaison's tasting rooms in Calistoga and the Carneros District in Napa Valley.
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Written by Jessica Marshall, Discovery News
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Monday, 01 December 2008 00:00 |
Among the complex melody of molecules that create a wine's bouquet is another chemical signature - the consumption of fossil fuels.
Researchers from the Netherlands are investigating whether levels of fossil-fuel-derived carbon dioxide measured in the wine's alcohol could help track CO2 emissions in a given region.
They hope this may help determine which carbon-management schemes work best and refine regional models of climate change.
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