The wine industry has been one of the biggest contributors of sustainable farming that there is, this is because most regions of winemaking make their landscape and organic materials as fertile as possible. Ensuring that no pesticides are used and creating a mineral rich soil that allows planted material to grow as naturally and as healthy as possible. While other farmers use pesticides and other forms of clearing away pests which can damage planted goods and harm people. Other farmers use farming methods that have caused years and years of depletion from pesticides and fertilizers. Long before people used the word organic as a trendy term, most wineries have been making wine in an organic process that accounts for carbon release and climate neutral viticulture.
Sustainable wineries are becoming increasingly popular especially for those who drink wine and are environmentally conservationists. Sustainable wineries minimize the use of chemicals which include pesticides or fertilizers, which are harmful to the health of workers and consumers. While conventional viticulture leads to higher amounts of grapes in the end, it comes with the chemicals that kill off pests and diseases that the fruit carries, but the neurotoxin can get from the grapes to the wine, and finally our bodies. Certified organic wineries work to minimize the harmful impacts on the environment through sustainable viticulture farming and the reproduction of organic, natural wine.
Sustainable wineries use a sustainable viticulture which is completely tied to the chemical composition of the soil and the concentration of certain matter that is in it. Negative reports of vintage evidence have shed light on how bad conventional agriculture has on grapes in a vineyard. With there not only being a difference in quality, but also the gradual degradation of the soil that will cause only more problems for the growing process next time you plant. More erosion and less fertility are a main factor in the change from a conventional agriculture process to a sustainable viticulture. We need to reduce the poisons in our ecosystem. Even more sustainable packaging and shipping has been an option for more sustainable wineries. Oak packaging and other tests are being done to determine the best alternative to current wine packaging. There are even regulations being put in place to give us cleaner food and products that don’t contain chemicals. These regulations are being created to aim at the production of wine and other products in general that help bring the environment back to better standards. With all of the knowledge about pesticides and fertilizers, it’s not a surprise that there are more people jumping on the sustainable train to make our planet a healthier place.