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SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING ONTARIO CERTIFIED

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Poured Canada

Whole Package Sustainability

Ontario Craft Wineries and Grape Growers of Ontario launch new certification program

For Ontario’s wine industry, sustainability is a journey, not a destination. “While I think people traditionally view sustainability in terms of environment and community, which is great,” said Andrea Kaiser, chair for the Sustainable Winegrowing Ontario (SWO) Certified Program, “more people have started to understand that sustainability is a three-pronged approach which also includes profitability and local economy.”

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Cutting Grapes off a vine

Culinary Tourism

How sustainable is your wine?

Andrea Kaiser knows wine country. Her father, Karl K. Kaiser, was one of the founding winemakers of the Niagara-on-the-Lake region, and now she’s the director of marketing at Reif Estate Winery.

Much has stayed the same about the community since Kaiser was a kid. The goal was and still is to “grow premium grapes in order to make premium wines,” she says. But now, there’s one key difference: companies are laser-focused on sustainability.

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Bottles on shelf

The Globe & Mail

What does it mean when a wine is certified sustainable?

Consumers are increasingly conscious of the choices they make and the products they choose. But there’s an overall lack of familiarity with what sustainability in wine actually means or looks like.

The governing concepts behind organic and biodynamic approaches to winemaking are easily relatable for wine lovers; the fact that organic farming means working without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, for starters, is easy to appreciate.

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SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING ONTARIO CERTIFIED

Resources

Poured Canada

Whole Package Sustainability

Ontario Craft Wineries and Grape Growers of Ontario launch new certification program

For Ontario’s wine industry, sustainability is a journey, not a destination. “While I think people traditionally view sustainability in terms of environment and community, which is great,” said Andrea Kaiser, chair for the Sustainable Winegrowing Ontario (SWO) Certified Program, “more people have started to understand that sustainability is a three-pronged approach which also includes profitability and local economy.”

Read More

Ontario Culinary

How sustainable is your wine?

Andrea Kaiser knows wine country. Her father, Karl K. Kaiser, was one of the founding winemakers of the Niagara-on-the-Lake region, and now she’s the director of marketing at Reif Estate Winery.

Much has stayed the same about the community since Kaiser was a kid. The goal was and still is to “grow premium grapes in order to make premium wines,” she says. But now, there’s one key difference: companies are laser-focused on sustainability.

Read More

Bottles on shelf

The Globe & Mail

What does it mean when a wine is certified sustainable?

Consumers are increasingly conscious of the choices they make and the products they choose. But there’s an overall lack of familiarity with what sustainability in wine actually means or looks like.

The governing concepts behind organic and biodynamic approaches to winemaking are easily relatable for wine lovers; the fact that organic farming means working without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, for starters, is easy to appreciate.

Read More

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