Comments on: Emo-Environmentalism: Greener Than Thou

By: Alvin Lewis

Alvin Lewis — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:44:35 +0000

True, you do have a point. Some regions are not so blessed as California, New York, or others. I would not want to drink vitis rotundifolia wines all the time. However, I was recently in North Carolina and happen to taste some lovely local wines. It appears that there are some adventurous pioneers working in the middle of the state to develop a fine wine industry. Good luck to them, I’m looking forward to see how they do.

By: fredric koeppel

fredric koeppel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:46:15 +0000

If only wine consumers in other states had that advantage, Alvin. You could indeed drink nothing but NY state wines quite happily, and people in other states too: California, Ore., Wash., of course, even say Michigan, Virginia maybe and others, but people in the Deep and Mid-South can’t do that. we have to rely on wines from out-of-state, out-of-country. At least we have great local produce.

By: Alvin Lewis

Alvin Lewis — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:57:55 +0000

An effective way to be green is to use local products wherever possible. Living in NYC, and therefore taking a lot of public transportation, it was the way that I became acquainted with the wines coming from the emerging appellations in this state see New York Wines Site. It seemed a waste to ship mostly glass weight with a little bit of wine in it from France, California, or other really distant places when I could purchase good estate grown wines from as little as 40 miles away. It is not the silver bullet but it has helped to reduce the carbon footprint of my wine habit and it keeps more of my money in the local economy instead of sending it to Argentina, Australia, or Alsace.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:56:40 +0000

I agree “being green” is so commercial and I don’t think that many people know what Green really is or means!

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:21:54 +0000

Believe me, Julie, I’m certainly in favor of positive vibes in the house, but there’s a big difference between a commitment to a clean, safe, healthy environment and a better world AND the extensive marketing that supports “being green” in the most cynical, commercial manner. but that’s what capitalism is all about: Creating trends before we even knew they were there.

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:48:40 +0000

Thanks, Fredric.

People need to hear your message.

I’m fatigued by the so-called “green” leaning “carbon neutral” wine industry hyperbole going on. Marketing knows no boundaries in exploitation.

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:21:16 +0000

Well done, mon vieux!

All this posturing, not much real doing.

Great, simple prescriptions for change, and they will even cost you less.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:56:26 +0000

This kind of environment in kitchen spreads positive vibes everywhere in the house. But having this kind of kitchen is not an easy thing for a common man.

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