In recent months, we at BKWine have appeared several times in the press and in the media. It has been about a few different things, but quite a lot about the environment and sustainability. Which is a good fit because it is the subject of our next book (planned publication in autumn 2023). First it was on YLE, the Finnish radio, then Landsbygdens Folk, again in Finland, and now most recently on P1 Nyhetsmorgon, a morning news radio program in Sweden.
Very recently, December 27, we were interviewed in P1 Nyhetsmorgon, the light-hearted morning news review of the Swedish national radio, in an interview that was about cheese together with champagne but above all about various aspects of sustainability, for example about the importance of using light bottles. Britt then talks about how she finds sustainable wines at a food market in Paris. How do you find sustainable wines? “I see wines that have the label HVE or Terra Vitis.” And further, “Organic is no longer a trend or fashion. It is something that is here to stay.” Yes, without a doubt.
A little earlier we appeared in the Finnish newspaper Landsbygdens Folk. There it was about changing drinking habits that can be linked to global warming. An important focus for many wine producers is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. “Demands to reduce transport, reduced or eliminated chemical additives in the wine and not to use water unnecessarily are some other sustainability requirements set [in Champagne],” I was quoted as saying (with a twist of the words that was not really my own). The author of the article also noted that Alko, the Finnish monopoly, like Systembolaget, invests a lot in “alternative” packaging, e.g. PET and can.
Again in Finland we featured on YLE, the Finnish radio. There it was about the exceptionally early harvest in 2022, a year that was not only early but also fantastically good. There was also the Swede Sophie Ligeron, who makes wine in the Jura Mountains on 11 hectares. “We harvested a month earlier than usual”. I was interviewed in a café on rue Daguerre in Paris about the wine producers’ biggest challenges today. “There are two big challenges facing wine producers today. One is climate change. The second is the environmental issues”. Then we went into what solutions to these problems can be imagined.
In so short interviews one cannot always say exactly what one ought to say. Things are not always so easy as to fit in 30 seconds.
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