Azure Road: Introducing Azure Road Sustainable Wine Region Guides
In her latest tasting guide, writer Lauren Mowery spotlights Azure Road’s guide to sustainability in the Willamette Valley.
“We think wine regions can do better. Many already are .”
What’s a Sustainable Wine Region Guide?
Get the Guide: Willamette Valley, Oregon.
Wine regions are often presented as luxurious escapes. Immersed in rolling hills, you’ll dabble in long lunches, bounce between exceptional tastings, and sleep in 5-star hotels. That version of wine country is real, but it leaves out a lot of other realities.
Wine is, by definition, an agricultural product born of working landscapes, many currently under multiple pressures. Climate change has made farming more unpredictable. Drought, heat, or excessive rain stresses vines. Chemical use harms soil and water. Labor might be underpaid or asked to work in challenging conditions.