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Green Game Plan For Your Super Bowl Party

January 29, 2012

As a huge Patriots fan, I’m so psyched for Superbowl XLVI and it is even better because the Patriots are playing the Giants, my in-laws’ team to whom the Patriots lost to in Superbowl XLII.

Earlier this week, the NFL and the Indianapolis Hosts too…

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8 Sustainable Wineries in Paso Robles Wine Country

October 26, 2011

© Jaymi Heimbuch via Flickr

If you’re not familiar with Paso Robles wine country and you love fine wine, you might want to start paying attention. While the region hasn’t received as much press as its cousins to the north, Napa and Sonoma, it is …

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How to Grow Grapes, Plus Recipes for Your Harvest (Slideshow)

October 20, 2011

Photo: Swift Benjamin/Creative Commons

Grapes may be one of nature’s most versatile fruits: You can eat the seeds, you can turn them into jelly or juice, you can eat them fresh or preserved — and then, of course, there’s wine.

Growing them at home…

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Castoro Cellars: Damn Fine Eco-Friendly Wine

October 12, 2011

Photos via Castoro Cellars

Castoro Cellars, founded by the husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen in 1983, is one of Paso Robles’ oldest wineries. What started out as just a few barrels in some rented space has grown into a 25,000-case operat…

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The Week in Pictures: A House without Walls, Gorgeous Rail Car Garden, and More (Slideshow)

September 23, 2011

On the Caribbean Sea, Colombian firm Plan B Architects has produced a new kind of Passivhaus — a bioclimatic building with a roof, but no walls.

We also have an old railway car transformed into a beautiful garden, artists’ responses to global warm…

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Ancient Peaks Winery: California Mission Becomes Sustainable Winery

September 21, 2011

Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch

Nestled away in the southernmost part of the Paso Robles AVA, just 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean, is Ancient Peaks Winery. The family-owned vineyard, which was was once part of California’s famed Mission Trail, is a SIP-cert…

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Cork Comes Back as Stopper of Choice

September 2, 2011

Photo: creativecommons/flickr/cmatsuoka

It’s back! The humble cork, which had been replaced by screw tops in wine bottles around the world, is making a major come-back. And it’s all due to the wine snobs.

Traditional cork-makers are over the moon, …

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Oso Libre: Winery Fights County for Renewable Energy, Wins!

August 10, 2011

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch

Oso Libre Winery, which means “free bear” in Spanish, is a small boutique vineyard and winery located in the heart of Paso Robles. The winery gets 100% of its energy from renewable sources, an achievement that played out like a…

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Peachy Canyon Winery: Old Jesse James Hideout Turns Sustainable Winery

July 27, 2011

Green Wine Guide Peachy Canyon PhotosPhoto via Peachy Canyon

Peachy Canyon Winery is a sustainable, family-owned winery located on the westside of Paso Robles’ popular Highway 46. The winery is named after a horse thief who took refuge in a cave near the vineyard; Jesse James made use of the same hideout. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Drink to the Greening of Ontario Wineries

July 20, 2011

Photo: B. Alter, Flat Rock Cellars

In the past decade a whole region with new Ontario wineries has sprung up around Beamsville, near Niagara Falls. This was formerly a rich fruit growing area, but the peach and cherry orchards are disappearing as the…

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