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Seeding covercrop at Corison Winery / Photo courtesy Corison Winery
In wine, sustainability is often mentioned alongside terms like organic and biodynamic. But sustainability is its own entity. It doesn’t just involve environmental protections; it also incorporates economic viability and social impact.
That last part is often overlooked, but it can go hand-in-hand with commercial success. By incorporating social impact into their initiatives, wineries across the country do well while also doing good.
“Taking care of others is a ripple effect. It goes out in the universe and eventually comes back.”
Cathy Corison, Corison Winery
Napa’sCorison Winery is celebrating its 34th vintage, and for more than 20 of those, Cathy Corison, its winemaker and founding partner, has farmed Kronos Vineyard sustainably, planting cover crops and composting. She’s installed fixtures to maximize temperature control in her barn, and made solar panels the winery’s primary energy source.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/dining/drinks/finger-lakes-wines-long-island.html
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The Pour
10 New York State Wines to Drink Now
Here are top-tier bottles from producers in the Finger Lakes and Long Island, regions that deserve more respect than they receive.
Credit.Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
April 22, 2021Updated 12:24 p.m. ET
New York is the third largest wine-producing state in the country, after California and Washington. Yet it doesn’t get nearly the respect it deserves.
Not that its numbers mean a whole lot. But over the last 20 years, the quality of New York State wines has evolved rapidly, particularly in the two leading winemaking regions, the Finger Lakes and Long Island.