Action Stations - Wines to Combat Climate Change

Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

Climate change is a worry. We get it. But how to do something positive about it, especially as a wine lover? After all, it's not easy knowing which wines to buy to support producers doing the right thing...
Which is where the IWCA comes in handy - International Wineries for Climate Action. This is a bunch of conscientious wine producers who have signed up to stringent, science-based carbon emission audits and committed to reaching net zero by 2050. As well as sharing info and generally being responsible about the environment.
It's ground-breaking stuff and in this episode we get the low-down on the IWCA and hear about ingenious schemes to combat climate change from Familia Torres president and IWCA co-founder Miguel A Torres (the legend!), Sogrape fourth generation member Mafalda Guedes and Ramuntxo Andonegui of Domaine Lafage in Roussillon. We also recommend our favourites from a recent IWCA 'low emission wine' tasting in London.
The word 'extinction' crops up. But so do the words 'resilience', 'happy', 'friendly' and, 'delicious'. So that's nice.
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Chapters

1. Action Stations - Wines to Combat Climate Change (00:00:00)

2. Hello and welcome (00:00:05)

3. In this one... (00:00:14)

4. Headline quotes (00:01:02)

5. Setting the scene (00:02:27)

6. International Wineries for Climate Action (00:04:46)

7. The 'low emission wine' tasting (00:07:59)

8. Miguel A Torres interview (00:08:35)

9. On carbon capture (00:13:59)

10. MID-EPISODE RECAP (00:21:57)

11. Mafalda Guedes interview (00:22:20)

12. Ramuntxo Andonegui interview (00:30:21)

13. On biochar (00:35:23)

14. Our IWCA wine recommendations (00:41:36)

15. FINAL SUMMARY (00:44:56)

16. Outro (00:45:23)