wine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:13:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Climate Change vs California Wine https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-vs-california-wine-20140728/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-vs-california-wine-20140728/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:13:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48709 Climate change takes the blame for unusual weather anomalies around the world, but it could also result in wine lovers’ bottles being a little less backbone, balance, or aroma, depending on how the Napa Valley drought affects next year’s grapes. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when man discovered how to pump untold tons […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-vs-california-wine-20140728/feed/ 0 48709 Carbon Dioxide Recycled into Sodium Bicarbonate by French Vineyard https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-sodium-bicarbonate-20130415/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-dioxide-sodium-bicarbonate-20130415/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:21:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36252 To reduce their carbon footprint, a French vineyard has announced plans to capture the CO2 produced during the fermentation of grapes and convert it into sodium bicarbonate (an important ingredient in toothpaste). After collection, pharmaceutical companies will buy the sodium bicarbonate naturally-produced by Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, from Bordeaux, France. Quoting the Industrial Agricultural Products Center […]

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