How Big is your Carbon Footprint?

A study of two Italian vineyards in the same region - one organic, one not - released over the weekend highlights just how dramatic the effects of going green can be. According to the study, which you can read a little more about here, the organic vineyard had a carbon footprint of around half the size of the traditional vineyard, less than fifty kilometers away.

Organic vinting includes using all natural fertilizers, no pesticides and handling most of the grape-growing, picking and mixing by hand rather than large industrialized machines. According to the findings of the study, a single bottle from the organic vineyard had an eco-footprint of approximately 7.17 square meters and the non-organic bottle had one of 13.98 square meters. Pretty impressive, right? Now my only question is, which one of them tasted better?