Let’s face it: a key factor of sustainability is in figuring out how people, businesses, and communities can be financially viable in the long term. Eating local is all the rage, but buying local has lost ground to buying cheap, especially in this current economic climate, and local businesses and business people are feeling the [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Local $ustainability?
Posted in Lifestyle, tagged sustainability on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Spotlight on Kendall-Jackson
Posted in Lifestyle, Wines on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kendall-Jackson, a winery who owns and manages SIP Certified vineyards on the Central Coast, has recently made a new move in the support of sustainability. They predict that this change will save them more than $100,000 in energy and maintenance costs, at those savings you have to be wondering, what could this big change be? [...]
Sipping Some SIP Sauvignon Blancs
Posted in Lifestyle, Wines, tagged Halter Ranch, Robert Hall Winery, Sauvignon Blanc, SIP, sustainably grown wines, wine on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Had some wine-centric family visit the Central Coast for the first time in June, so of course, a whirlwind wine tasting tour was in order – especially to some wineries in the SIP program.
Our first stop was Robert Hall Winery, which boldly stated its SIP commitment front and center with a big poster that greeted [...]
