Raise a Glass to the Environment

These are the sorts of stories that give me hope on cold drizzly days...

I recently noticed on the Evergreen.ca site [which by the way is a wonderful organization focused on bringing nature to the city] that they have established a partnership with Botter Family wines to promote the first organically grown wine available in tetra pak packaging.

Located in Italy about 30 kms northeast of Venice, Botter's is a family-owned and run winery. Weeding is done manually and only natural fertilizers are used. Furthermore, there is minimal processing and no chemical additives are used in the wine making process.

From June 2006 to June 2009, Evergreen is receiving a portion of sales for Botter's white and two red wines being sold in tetra paks through the LCBO stores.

Through this partnership, Evergreen is expecting to receive approximately $200,000!

Here is a link for more information:Evergreen.ca

A similar tip of the wine glass should also go to the LCBO itself for their Natural Heritage Fund initiative.

According to the Evergreen posting, the LCBO has raised almost $2 million to assist with programs such as: restoring Atlantic Salmon to Lake Ontario; the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program; habitat for frogs in Toronto; bald eagle recovery in the Upper St. Lawrence River; Carolinian Forest in southwestern Ontario and trout spawning on the Grand River.

To help bring home all your wine, the LCBO is also currently offering a canvas enviro-bag, that will comfortably carry four bottles of your choice. The bag is being sold for $4.95 [bottles sold separately...] with $0.50 from each sale going to the Natural Heritage Fund. For more information

Now if only I can find an Ontario winery that sells organically produced wine in tetra paks!