Sustainable Wine
Sustainable wine is a broad term that covers different approaches to farming, winemaking, and environmental responsibility.
On VelvetWine, sustainability is treated as a practical framework rather than a label. The focus is on how different production choices affect vineyards, wines, and long-term viability, not on marketing claims.
This section explores the main sustainability models used in wine today, how they differ, and where their limits are.
How sustainability is approached here
Sustainability in wine can mean certified organic farming, biodynamic systems, low-intervention winemaking, or broader environmental and social practices.
Each approach has strengths, constraints, and trade-offs. Articles in this section aim to explain these clearly, using real examples rather than slogans.
Later articles will look at how these approaches are applied differently across countries and producers.