Environmental Graffiti

Capillary Carafes For Your Wine? [pics]

This amazing set of wine decanters resembling human capillaries was first discovered by our friends over at Neatorama. They're very cool, but isn't the point of a decanter to open the wine up to the air? Well traditionally yes, but who cares when you've just paid between €2000 and €5000 for a beautiful piece of sculpted borosilicate.

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Sailing into the Future of Shipping

With public sentiment beginning to turn against high carbon shipping methods like air freight and cargo freighters, French wine producers are looking to the past for eco-friendly ways to ship their products. Wine casks. Image by Ildebrando This week almost 60,000 bottles of wine will be sent to Ireland [...]

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Saving the Planet One Drink at a Time

If you’re like me, there has been many a time when you’re on your fourth or fifth bottle of beer and you think: “If only drinking was a more environmentally friendly hobby.” Well crack open an ice-cold bottle of brew and celebrate, because drinking is going green.

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New Zealand Winemakers Look Forward to Global Warming

While the effects of global warming continue to cause problems for the Australian wine industry, their counterparts in New Zealand are preparing to reap the benefits of a temperature rise. Several New Zealand wines Weather is one of the most important variables in producing great wine. Australia’s vast tracts [...]

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Scientific Discovery of the Year: Cheaper Booze for All!

Ever since the discovery of DNA’s role in shaping an organism’s appearance, health, and possibly character, mankind has been feverishly attempting to decode the complex mysteries of this essential acid. But until recently, very little practical good has come out of their research. Cure for cancer? I [...]

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