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by ValiantSkipper | August 15, 2008 at 11:51 am
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Wine sellers look to wind- another climate canary
A gimmick or legitimate effort to reduce greenhouse gases? An article in the Irish Barkeeper website reports that several wine sellers have commissioned a 100 year-old schooner to deliver fine wines to Ireland from France to reduce the carbon footprint of the shipments.
“The wine was transported to Ireland aboard the 108 year-old Kathleen & May schooner to reduce the carbon footprint of the wine – each bottle will save 4.9oz of CO2 emissions and is labelled, “Carried by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet”.
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at 15:37 on August 15th, 2008
ValiantSkipper, I like this story. It's good stuff. Nothing like old, becoming something new again, plus you get to see some old ships. And who said Anachronism is dead or a bad thing?
at 16:25 on August 15th, 2008
Great concept for a niche' market.
How will they stabilize temperature of the wine during shipment?
We need this from Scotland to USA for Scotch !!
at 17:53 on August 15th, 2008
I am sure the ocean is more than cold enough to handle it.
at 17:54 on August 15th, 2008
I am sure the ocean is more than cold enough to handle it. I am sure they could devise a cooling system with free ocean cooling
at 01:40 on August 17th, 2008
ValiantSkipper, I like this story. It's good stuff. wine for sail....modern sailing cargo ships are one the way built in germany, recently article on NP. Stamp the wine label "wine for sail", Ibuy it, even when I have to sail to UK.