tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post7643315836307454098..comments2024-03-28T02:36:57.726-07:00Comments on Good Wine Under $20: How Green Is Your Wine?Dr. Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02892131332003571463noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-43727579594943890572008-01-10T14:20:00.000-08:002008-01-10T14:20:00.000-08:00Fred, point taken--perhaps my excitement at New Ho...Fred, point taken--perhaps my excitement at New Hope wine drowned out my good sense on this issue but perhaps MORE local wine might be had to the fine folks of Memphis, at least some of the time? Foodette, Dr. V doesn't say we should drink out of carbon--he encourages us to drink local so that we don't have to drink out of cardboard. Or goatskins!Dr. Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892131332003571463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-34632852887185025842008-01-09T17:00:00.000-08:002008-01-09T17:00:00.000-08:00I am big on living a green life, but this seems li...I am big on living a green life, but this seems like the wrong way to do so. Maybe I need to see this guy speak, but I feel there are so many ways to make a bigger impact that to drink wine out of cardboard. Wine is bottled in recyclable glass bottles, no? And there is even a general backlash on how eating locally isn't enough of a difference maker to make up for other lifestyle changes that are so much more necessary. I'll tell you what - how about I bike to work. Then, can I please keep drinking my wine out of a normal bottle the way it's been done for hundreds of years?foodettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181971451130196584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-22847392290864453712008-01-08T07:46:00.000-08:002008-01-08T07:46:00.000-08:00Unfortunately, if you live in Memphis, as I do, th...Unfortunately, if you live in Memphis, as I do, there is no choice of local wine. There are wineries in Tennessee, but they're all in the middle and eastern parts of the state (where it's hillier and cooler), there's a winery in the Ozarks and of course a nice local industry in Missouri, but the wines from Tennessee and Arkansas are terrible and no, I mean NO wines from Missouri make the four or five hour journey south to Memphis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-16460132431604269472008-01-03T08:56:00.000-08:002008-01-03T08:56:00.000-08:00Yes, the bottle size--yikes! Dr. V caught me out p...Yes, the bottle size--yikes! Dr. V caught me out promoting 375mls. Mea culpa. I'm with you on Tetra-Paks, Tim, but I do fear this can't continue. Maybe we need to do as the Europeans do (or did) and take our own containers to wineries to be filled? Dr. V, you come on down. It would be great to see you here in the 'hood (USC) but as a UC alum, I'd go to Westwood for sure. Jill, I'll be interested to see what you think about the carbon offsets. Will this become a way for retailers to appeal to environmentally conscious consumers?Dr. Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892131332003571463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-84519145294397913622008-01-02T18:57:00.000-08:002008-01-02T18:57:00.000-08:00I don't know if it's of any consolation but I've b...I don't know if it's of any consolation but I've been investigating carbon offsets for d547, so that people can buy wine from us and know that we're paying to the environmental factors. Not a solution, totally, but at least a start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-24722971500521698142008-01-02T17:02:00.001-08:002008-01-02T17:02:00.001-08:00Hey Deb - Thanks for your kind words!! I'll have t...Hey Deb - <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind words!! I'll have to shoot for UCLA (or USC?) in the future to come down to your part of the state! <BR/><BR/>And, John, yes, you're right about the magnums! I actually used that logic at our holiday party this year where we had several magnums. Mmm, so nice...<BR/><BR/>Cheers all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-10816037465088235442008-01-02T17:02:00.000-08:002008-01-02T17:02:00.000-08:00Yikes, Tetra-paks! I've only tried one wine in a ...Yikes, Tetra-paks! I've only tried one wine in a tetra-pak thus far and I don't want to relive it. Say it isn't so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053780638267491912.post-26605622088027308612008-01-02T15:16:00.000-08:002008-01-02T15:16:00.000-08:00Hey Dr DebsDr. Vino also calculated that it was le...Hey Dr Debs<BR/><BR/>Dr. Vino also calculated that it was less of a carbon impact to drink Magnums than 750ml bottles. :) YAY Unfortunately even though my wife and I live a pretty green life, I still haven't convinced her to start buying magnums on a regular basis. haha<BR/><BR/>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com