http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/05/24/wine-industrys-green-movement-heads-to-retail-distribution/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/05/24/wine-industrys-green-movement-heads-to-retail-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Jo Diaz Thu, 24 May 2007 21:55:44 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/05/24/wine-industrys-green-movement-heads-to-retail-distribution/#comment-688 Dalst Stone Wine Cellars provides a great alternative to the standard wine cellars that use redwood. I wrote about them on my blog, because I loved the "earthiness" of their product. Many wine companies around the globe have already started using these wine "catacomb-like" storage units. How they work is that their thermal mass absorbs the ambient coolness of the room, and then re-radiates it back into the bottles. The bottles are essentially entombed in the cold chamber created by the alcove. They’re perfectly cooled, and also safe from power outage temperature fluctuations. As a writer who's been green since the 1960s, this way to store wine really caught my attention, and inspired me to investigate, then write about it. Dalst Stone Wine Cellars provides a great alternative to the standard wine cellars that use redwood. I wrote about them on my blog, because I loved the “earthiness” of their product. Many wine companies around the globe have already started using these wine “catacomb-like” storage units. How they work is that their thermal mass absorbs the ambient coolness of the room, and then re-radiates it back into the bottles. The bottles are essentially entombed in the cold chamber created by the alcove. They’re perfectly cooled, and also safe from power outage temperature fluctuations. As a writer who’s been green since the 1960s, this way to store wine really caught my attention, and inspired me to investigate, then write about it.

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