Ladies and Gentlemen, Stop Your Wine!

Posted by User ImageA. Caleb Hartley on January 18th, 2008 filed in Natural, Portugal, Rainforest, Spain, alliance, brand, certification, cork, environment, green, oak, renewable, tree, wine

This is not breaking news by any means, but it is interesting in that we’ve been doing something RIGHT for the Earth since the beginning!

Turns out, natural cork wine stoppers are the best choice for the environment! According to About.com, harvesting real, natural cork sustains the Earth’s population of cork oak trees, which are mainly located in Portugal and Spain.

SFGate mentioned in an article in August that the Rainforest Alliance would begin the world’s first certification of cork forests and products, and the Environment News Service was already discussing the issue back in May of 2006!

So the next time you are pondering which brand of Barbaresco to buy, choose the one with a natural cork!

Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley

Which kind of bottle stopper so you prefer, and why? Shout it out in the comments!

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4 Responses to “Ladies and Gentlemen, Stop Your Wine!”

  1. no imageChris Schaffer (Who am I?) Says:
    January 20th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Very interesting. I’ve always liked natural cork, and I’m glad to know that that preference is actually helping rather than hurting!

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  2. no imageA. Caleb Hartley (Who am I?) Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 8:46 am

    There’s just something about natural cork, isn’t there, Chris?

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  3. no imageSelene (Who am I?) Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    That’s interesting. This is a great example of an easy way to help the environment without a lot of effort involved.

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  4. no imageA. Caleb Hartley (Who am I?) Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Selene!

    That’s one of the reasons I started this blog - to point out the things that are already happening in sustainability that are positive! Too often, environmentalists focus on the negative (and there is PLENTY of negative, don’t get me wrong).

    Environmentastic! exists to recognize the negative while celebrating the positive!

    Namaste,
    A. Caleb

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