Your Wine Personality Is: Consciously Green

Namaste! You are invested in your body, your soul, and the planet...

You put your health first: you lead an active lifestyle and your medicine cabinet is stocked with natural supplements, probiotics, and essential oils. You love to meditate and you never travel anywhere without your yoga mat. Sustainability is one of your core values, and your friends admire your clean lifestyle.

You live for feel-good treats, but all those quinoa bowls and green juices have surely earned you the right to enjoy a nice glass of wine every now and then- just make sure it's biodynamic or organic!

We have 10 specially customized, sommelier-curated wine recommendations of delicious, eco-conscious wines selected just for you (ps- click the links to shop!):

Sparkling Wine: Chartogne-Taillet Cuvee Sainte Anne Brut Champagne, $47

Since taking over his family’s 12ha estate in 2006, Alexandre Chartogne has emerged as one of Champagne’s brightest rising stars. He uses organic treatments, promotes biodiversity through cover crops, and encourages deep-root systems through regular ploughing, often by horse rather than by tractor. In the cellar, each parcel is vinified separately with indigenous yeasts, in either oak barrels, stainless-steel tanks or concrete eggs, depending on the individual wine. As delicious as it is good for the planet!

Light-Bodied White Wine: Alois Lageder Porer Pinot Grigio 2018, $28

This wine from Italy’s Alto Adige appellation is Biodynamic, organic, and sustainable. It’s a Brilliant straw-yellow color with a green shimmer. Very aromatic, opulent, uplifted varietal aroma paired with pronounced mineral notes and elegant oak spice. Clean, full-bodied flavor, quite soft and creamy, refined and with a fresh finish.

Full-Bodied White Wine: Ciro Picariello Fiano di Avellino 2018, $25.99

This wine made from the Fiano grape is indigenous to Campania in Southern Italy, sourced from vineyards around the winery in Summonte as well as in Montefredane in the province of Avellino. The wine shows typical Fiano flavors, with notes of hay, white flowers, and flint. Powerful and mineral.

Aromatic White Wine: Santa Julia Plus Torrontes 2018, $14

This is an organic Argentinian white with aromas of rose, orange peel, white peaches, fruits salad, chamomile and aromatic herbs, with a fresh flavor and light body. On the palate, flavors of pink grapefruit, ripe peaches and pears make this this is a lovely, balanced wine.

Rosé Wine: Cotes des Roses Rose 2019, $15

The 2019 Côte des Roses blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Cinsault, is a lovely example of why rosés from the south of France are so popular. This wine offers excellent depth and persistence of dried earth, savory spices, and red fruits… and producer Gerard Bertrand is one of the most influential biodynamic vintners in France.

Orange Wine: Pheasant's Tears Rkatsiteli 2017, $16.99

Before the Greeks, before the Romans, it was the Georgians who were making wine. All of Pheasant's Tears wines, including this Rkatsiteli--which means "red stem" in Georgian--are fermented and aged in the clay vessels called qvevri. According to the winery, the effect of this time-honored winemaking process is to impart "distinctive nutty and savory aromas and flavors to the wine, adding layers of complexity. It also promotes the development of roundness and viscosity in the mouth, but keeps acidity fresh." 

Light-Bodied Red Wine: Red Car Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, $49.99

From California's Sonoma Coast comes this absolutely enchanting Pinot Noir. It's incredibly aromatic, with notes of rose and crushed violets, red cherries, and wild herbs. On the palate it's soft and elegant and brimming with red raspberry flavors. Sustainable farming that incorporates organic and biodynamic principles make this wine a conscious choice for an eco-friendly table.

Medium-Bodied Red Wine: Tami By Occhipinti Frappato 2016, $18.99

Tami is the sister label of up-and-coming natural winemaker Arianna Occhipinti from Vittoria in southeastern Sicily. The 2016 Frappato features a bright aroma of red fruits (think juicy strawberries and red”

Light-Bodied Red Wine: Red Car Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, $49.99

From California's Sonoma Coast comes this absolutely enchanting Pinot Noir. It's incredibly aromatic, with notes of rose and crushed violets, red cherries, and wild herbs. On the palate it's soft and elegant and brimming with red raspberry flavors. Sustainable farming that incorporates organic and biodynamic principles make this wine a conscious choice for an eco-friendly table.

Medium-Bodied Red Wine: Tami By Occhipinti Frappato 2016, $18.99

Tami is the sister label of up-and-coming natural winemaker Arianna Occhipinti from Vittoria in southeastern Sicily. The 2016 Frappato features a bright aroma of red fruits (think juicy strawberries and red”

Full-Bodied Red Wine: La Selve Palissaire 2015, $17

Made in the Coteaux de l'Ardeche, just west of the Rh̫one Valley, France, this blend of Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon has a rustic nose of spicy black fruits, pepper and citrus zest. The organic and biodynamic agriculture has used  with no chemical fertilizer, no weed-killer and no insecticide since 2002.

Dessert Wine: Pacific Rim Vin de Glaciere Organic Riesling (375ML) 2018, $17

The 2014 Vin de Glaciere (aka ‘ice wine’, because the grapes are harvested after the first frost where the freezing temperatures concentrate their sugars) grew and was harvested in a warm year that offered tropical fruit aromatics of mango and pineapple. One hundred percent fermented and aged in stainless steel, preserving the fruit’s intensity.

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