On Earth Day, Use Your 'Green' to Purchase Sustainable Wines

 
Press Release Source: Oregon Certified Sustainable Wine 

PORTLAND, Ore., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Wine drinkers looking to make an environmentally conscious purchase to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day can rest easy by purchasing an Oregon Certified Sustainable Wine (OCSW).

The OCSW logo guarantees that the wine in that bottle was made using responsible agriculture and responsible winemaking practices; and that the wine was certified by an independent third party.

In partnership with certification agencies throughout the state, OCSW enables producers to clearly communicate these practices in an understandable manner, highlight shared principles among the various certification philosophies and forge relationships with wine lovers who make environmental awareness or action a priority.

Currently, 18 Oregon wineries around the state have wines with OCSW certification, totaling 1.75 million bottles. Wineries include: Adelsheim Vineyard, Amity Vineyards, Anne Amie Vineyards, Argyle Winery, Bethel Heights Vineyard, Chehalem, Cristom Vineyards, Dobbes Family Estate, Montinore Estate, Panther Creek Cellars, Ponzi Vineyards, Rex Hill Vineyards, Sokol Blosser Winery, Soter Vineyards, Stoller Vineyards, WillaKenzie Estate, Willamette Valley Vineyards and Wooldridge Creek Winery.

OCSW wines are now entering the market – available to consumers both directly through the winery and also with select wines in distribution channels nationwide. Look for the logo on the back of a bottle of Oregon wine at your local wine shop or restaurant. For those seeking to buy "hard to find" bottles directly, visit http://www.ocsw.org/ to link directly to OCSW certified wines on participating winery websites.