Comments on: Carbon’s Wine Footprint! http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/ Wine Blog Sun, 13 May 2012 21:11:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nicolas Quille http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-34715 Nicolas Quille Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:51:16 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/#comment-34715 Darn, well at least we can work hard to reduce our carbon footprint. I am looking at capturing our CO2 from fermentation for starter... N Darn, well at least we can work hard to reduce our carbon footprint. I am looking at capturing our CO2 from fermentation for starter…

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]]> By: Harro A.J. Meijer http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-33694 Harro A.J. Meijer Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:37:39 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/#comment-33694 Dear Karl, you have given an excellent description of the essence of our work. Job well done! Sorry, Nicolas, the carbon balance of a winery will be positive, that is it will be a net source of CO2. Of course, the wine plants and grapes collect CO2 from the air during the growing season, but all this CO2 gets out again with the decay of the built-up organic material, either through the natural process, or through you drinking the wine and digesting it... The only way to make plants a net sink of CO2 is to preserve the formed organic material. All the material and not just the labor- (and machine- and thus fossil fuel) intensive fine end product wine. So even a wine cellar with infinite storage of wine won't do the job. I am sorry (otherwise I would have been more than happy to join your "combat greenhouse gas rises - drink wine!") club. Dear Karl,

you have given an excellent description of the essence of our work. Job well done!
Sorry, Nicolas, the carbon balance of a winery will be positive, that is it will be a net source of CO2. Of course, the wine plants and grapes collect CO2 from the air during the growing season, but all this CO2 gets out again with the decay of the built-up organic material, either through the natural process, or through you drinking the wine and digesting it…
The only way to make plants a net sink of CO2 is to preserve the formed organic material. All the material and not just the labor- (and machine- and thus fossil fuel) intensive fine end product wine. So even a wine cellar with infinite storage of wine won’t do the job. I am sorry (otherwise I would have been more than happy to join your “combat greenhouse gas rises – drink wine!”) club.

]]> By: Arthur http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-33371 Arthur Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:03:26 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/#comment-33371 Very nicely done. I like unconventional views at complex topics. Very nicely done. I like unconventional views at complex topics.

]]> By: Nicolas Quille http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-33365 Nicolas Quille Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:00:24 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/2009/01/19/carbons-wine-footprint/#comment-33365 Great post. I am very curious about the overall carbon balance of a vineyard and of the winery. May be wine actually reduces the atmospheric CO2. Gee, you could help reduce global warming by drinking more wine! I'll get started right now! Great post. I am very curious about the overall carbon balance of a vineyard and of the winery. May be wine actually reduces the atmospheric CO2. Gee, you could help reduce global warming by drinking more wine! I’ll get started right now!

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