Comments on: Fair trade wines in the US http://greenlagirl.com/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8657 Siel Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:02:59 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/07/14/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/#comment-8657 Most of my wine will still be Californian -- but on the occasions I buy South African wine, it'll be fair trade. With the amount of wine I drink, it isn't exactly an either or situation... Most of my wine will still be Californian — but on the occasions I buy South African wine, it’ll be fair trade. With the amount of wine I drink, it isn’t exactly an either or situation…

]]> By: simon http://greenlagirl.com/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8646 simon Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:43:31 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/07/14/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/#comment-8646 acctually how can you square buying fair trade wine from sounth africa with reducing food miles considering you could buy wine locally in california? acctually how can you square buying fair trade wine from sounth africa with reducing food miles considering you could buy wine locally in california?

]]> By: Rodney North http://greenlagirl.com/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8603 Rodney North Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:16:03 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/07/14/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/#comment-8603 As with some other crops, like tea, Fair Trade wine may come from either small-farmer organizations or from large estates. As best as I can tell these are estate wines, as are - I think - all the Fair Trade Certified South African wines. As some folks out there know I'm a "co-op person" so I'll just reinforce that notion & point out that vinophiles can also find many good-to-great co-op wines, especially from Italy, which has a very strong co-op economy. I think you can also find some from France & Spain. However, beyond their co-op structure (no minor matter) I cannot attest to their labor practices, etc. As with some other crops, like tea, Fair Trade wine may come from either small-farmer organizations or from large estates. As best as I can tell these are estate wines, as are – I think – all the Fair Trade Certified South African wines.

As some folks out there know I’m a “co-op person” so I’ll just reinforce that notion & point out that vinophiles can also find many good-to-great co-op wines, especially from Italy, which has a very strong co-op economy. I think you can also find some from France & Spain. However, beyond their co-op structure (no minor matter) I cannot attest to their labor practices, etc.

]]> By: simon http://greenlagirl.com/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-8565 simon Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:14:36 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/07/14/fair-trade-wines-in-the-us/#comment-8565 Don't be fooled by fair trade wine the french economy is not that bad :) Don’t be fooled by fair trade wine the french economy is not that bad :)

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