This is horrible. For those of you concerend the most about global warming
and the kyoto treaties should immediately stop drinking the classified top
growths of Bordeaux and Burgundy.

I will make sure this product is properly disposed up. :-)



"Emery Davis" > wrote in message
...
> An interesting article in the IHT this weekend, talking about an
> environmental impact study done at Sicilian vineyard Milazzo,
> for the wine Terre Della Baronia.
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/...ess/wbwine.php
>
> A single bottle produced 1.1 pounds of total waste and released 16 grams
> of
> suldur dioxide.
>
> "Producing the 2004 vintage of some 100,000 bottles generated
> 10,000 kilograms of plastic waste alone, 5,000 kilograms of paper,
> and oceans of wastewater."
>
> Food for thought, indeed. It makes one wonder about the environmental
> impact,
> globally, of our personal habits...
>
> Kudos to this winery for participating in the study.
>
> -E
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