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Winemakers have realised they need to step up for sustainability
Fri, 07 May, 2021 - 14:59
Leslie Williams
The theme of this week’s Weekend magazine is ‘Sustainability’ a word you are almost guaranteed to find on the website of almost any winery you care to mention.
On the face of it making wine sustainably should be easy enough but the reality of the modern wine industry is that most wineries have a high carbon footprint. Even vineyards that are farmed organically will use a huge amount of water and electricity, damage biodiversity (grapes are a monoculture) and spray liberally with copper-sulphite to protect against mildew a spray some argue is more damaging than the synthetic alternative.