Vine-To-Table? How to rethink transport in the quest for more sustainable wine

An estimated 14% of the carbon footprint of wine comes from the process of transporting it around the world. There are ways to reduce the impact now. Why do logistics matter to someone like me who works on sustainability in wine? You might expect that I’d be focused solely on reducing chemical inputs in vineyards, increasing energy efficiency inside wineries, protecting the working conditions of those hired harvest the grapes. It’s true, those challenges are all key to sustainability. Yet the reality is that some of the less visible pieces of the sustainability agenda can make a remarkable dif...