More Wineries Focus on Going Green

Nov
20 2009

Sonoma Valley

Throughout Sonoma County, wineries and vineyards are joining the green movement and announcing that they will focus their future efforts on environmentally sound practices. Wineries located in places as diverse as South America and New Zealand have "gone green" by becoming carbon neutral. Becoming carbon neutral means that through conservation and investment, these wineries have essentially reduced their carbon emissions to zero.

Tom Klein, owner of Rodney Strong, explained that reaching a carbon-neutral status was a natural progression for the environmentally-conscious winery. "We started 15 years ago with the easy things: improving our recycling efforts, conserving water, running the winery more efficiently," Klein said. "Then I saw Al Gore's movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' and I really got the bug. It convinced me global warming is real."

Rodney Strong joins Parducci, of California's Mendocino County; Cono Sur of Chile; and Grove Mill in New Zealand, in the fight against global warming.

Businesses throughout the world such as transportation providers, manufacturers, wineries and tour companies, like Extranomical Adventures, are finding ways to decrease their carbon footprint and join the millions of people in the fight to create a cleaner planet.

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