Wine Carbon Study Says East Coasters Should Drink French



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A new study analyzing transportation methods including container ships, trucks, and planes suggests East Coasters should take home the bottle from Bordeaux–not the Napa Valley tipple. Using an imaginary line running down Ohio, wine blogger Tyler Colman, Ph.D. A.K.A. Dr. Vino and sustainability metrics specialist Pablo Paster examined the carbon footprint of wine.
While not specifically a life cycle inventory (LCI), which gives us the green lowdown on energy consumption, solid waste generation, at…

Original article from: TreeHugger

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