Sustainability-focused vineyard additionally receives the Water Administration Award and two Commendations
Mendoza, Argentina, Dec. 8, 2022 — Terrazas de los Andes, a pioneer of high-altitude winegrowing for the reason that early Nineties, is honored to announce that founder and property director Hervé Birnie-Scott was named “Inexperienced Character of the Yr” at The Drinks Enterprise Inexperienced Awards 2022. The vineyard additionally acquired the Water Administration Award and two Commendations: for The Amorim Biodiversity Award and for The VinLog Inexperienced Packaging Award with Terrazas de los Andes Reserva Malbec.
“At Terrazas de los Andes, we’ve lengthy acknowledged that the conservation of this fragile Andean ecosystem is a sacred duty, as is our dedication to our local people,” says Birnie-Scott. “Each member of our staff works day-after-day to guard this magic on the high of the world, so this can be a staff victory. It’s extremely gratifying to obtain these recognitions of our efforts throughout a number of sustainability classes.”
The Drinks Enterprise created the Inexperienced Awards to “…rejoice these manufacturers and people that achieve this way more than merely pay lip service to sustainability. As a substitute, our 2022 winners have confirmed extraordinary dedication and creativity this 12 months in placing the inexperienced agenda on the coronary heart of their companies, extending it to each potential nook and crevice.”
Terrazas’ “Guardians of Mountain Life” mission is a multi-pronged program that’s dedicated to a variety of practices together with regenerative and natural viticulture, conserving treasured glacier water, supporting biodiversity, lowering the corporate’s carbon footprint from winery to vineyard to packaging, training and help for the local people, and offering security and alternative to workers.
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“We’re at all times striving to enhance,” notes Birnie-Scott. “For instance: whereas we began utilizing drip irrigation to avoid wasting water 30 years in the past, as we speak we’ve added precision discipline information evaluation that enables us to offer precisely the water that the plant wants. This alone means we’re saving greater than 4 million sq. meters of water per 12 months. There’s at all times extra to do and we’re persevering with to discover.”
About Terrazas de los Andes
An adventurous pioneer of high-altitude winegrowing for the reason that early Nineties, Terrazas de los Andes farms a panoramic mosaic of 200+ particular person high-altitude wine terraces, perched within the mountains the place the earth meets the sky. Utilizing 100% estate-grown mountain fruit, irrigated exactly and sustainably with pristine glacier water, Terrazas wines are full-bodied however elegantly fragrant and vibrant, capturing the pure, contemporary style of the Andes from these high-risk however high-reward elevations that require excessive viticulture. With respect for nature entrance and heart, Terrazas’ Guardians of Mountain Life mission goals to unleash and shield the magic on the high of the world—embracing regenerative and natural viticulture, conserving treasured glacier water, and supporting the native Andean group and the vineyard’s personal workers.
