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Paris - 12 octobre 2023
A third sustainable vintage for the
Robert Parker Green Emblem.
- Robert Parker Wine Advocate celebrates the third-year anniversary of its sustainability-focused award, the Green Emblem.
- 11 new wineries awarded with the Robert Parker Green Emblem for their inspiring sustainable approach to viticulture and winemaking.
- Since its launch in 2020, the Robert Parker Green Emblem has been awarded to 50 wineries, considered at the forefront of sustainable practices.
The 2023 Robert Parker Green Emblem selection was unveiled today, celebrating an environmentally friendly evolution in the way of perceiving and producing wine.
Launched three years ago, the Robert Parker Green Emblem was created to celebrate all the efforts and sustainable initiatives of wine producers and accompany a positive change within the industry. The Green Emblem, a prestigious annual distinction, is a way to acknowledge and endorse wineries that go above and beyond to embrace environmentally friendly practices throughout their viticulture, winemaking and organizational processes.
The Robert Parker Wine Advocate team awards the Green Emblem to a wine producer to acknowledge that there are people and practices of outstanding sustainability achievements at the establishment's core.
Once a winery is awarded this distinction, all of its wines are eligible to carry the Robert Parker Green Emblem going forward, until changes at the winery may result in the distinction being rescinded. To award the Green Emblem, the Robert Parker Wine Advocate team considers sustainability as a holistic approach: viticulture and winemaking themselves (farming techniques, soil health, biodiversity…), organization and facility (sources used, waste management, packaging policy, carbon footprint…) and ambassadorial role (wineries committed to share their approach to their communities, fostering a sustainable culture…).
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"At the heart of the Green Emblem is a belief in the power of sustainable practices to shape the future of winemaking. The Robert Parker Green Emblem is our way of recognizing and applauding wineries that go the extra mile in adopting environmentally friendly methods throughout their processes, commending them to the broader wine community. We believe these efforts not only can be done without compromising taste and quality but can even enhance those attributes we hold most dear," commented Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker Wine Advocate Editor-in-Chief.
This year's Green Emblem recipients come from various countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Chile, Argentina and Australia. This year, various inspiring practices were observed in the field, impressing the wine reviewers of Robert Parker Wine Advocate. The need to change the way of producing wine has spread across the world and awakened other countries to join this positive movement. We can find biodynamic culture, ancient and manual farming practices, water recycling and so many more ways to make high-qualitywine but in more sustainable ways. Winegrowers aren't running out of ideas to make their vineyards sustainable.
And so, 11 wine producers received the Robert Parker Green Emblem: In France, Domaine Guillemot-Michel has established itself as a pioneer of organic and biodynamic farming, along with Château Mangot near Bordeaux.
In Italy, the winery Petrolo stood out with Luca Sanjust's efforts to make the Valdarno di Sopra DOC in Tuscany the first certified-organic wine appellation in Europe. In Campania, it isn't surprising to see solar panels and biogas plants around the San Salvatore 1988 domaine. Giuseppe Pagano, affectionately named "Peppino" and his team, have succeeded in becoming autonomous with renewable energy. Winegrowers from Germany still pursue a sustainable journey. At Weingut Clemens Busch, in Mosel, father and son Clemens and Johannes Busch work on promoting more sustainable and socially acceptable agriculture. For example, they harvest manually and use very low quantities of sulfur. Frank John has established
- climate-neutralwinery through voluntary compensation of unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions, and it also supports the Slow Food Initiative.
In Portugal, we found Filipa Pato, a real farm using pigs to aerate and fertilize soil. This winery is certified biodynamic and organic. Here, nature is the key word; zero chemicals are used to increase their production. Pingus, in the Spanish region of Castilla Leon, founded by Danish winemaker Peter "Ping" Sisseck, received a similar recognition with the use of cows around their vineyard.
When we go across the ocean to South America, Chile is home to Emiliana, the largest biodynamic winery in the world. In Patagonia, Chacra works with cover crops, and Piero Incisa della Rocchetta's organic and biodynamic approach is delivering results, with balanced plants after 20 years of respectful viticulture. They have also a social approach with their partners by creating a real little village around their vineyard, to share their vision.
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In South Australia, another beautiful surprise is Yangarra Estate Vineyard. Apart from being biodynamic and organic, there's a whole cyclical and thoughtful management. This domaine has a more global approach to sustainability, by protecting the fauna and flora around the fields.
The 2023 selection of Robert Parker Green Emblem awardees are listed on the website www.RobertParker.com,and the wines can be found by using the "Green Emblem" search filter.
The full selection of Robert Parker Green Emblem recipients
In 2023, 11 new wineries received the Green Emblem, indicated with the word "new" next to the name.
Australia (3) | Henschke |
Cullen Wines | |
Yangarra Estate Vineyard (new) | |
Argentina (1) | Chacra (new) |
Austria (2) | HM Lang |
Ernst Triebaumer | |
Chile (1) | Emiliana (new) |
France (13) | Château Cheval Blanc |
Château Mangot (new) | |
Château Maris | |
Domaine Bruno Lorenzon | |
Domaine Guillemot-Michel(new) |
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Domaine Leroy | |
Domaine Vincent Dancer | |
Gabin et Félix Richoux | |
Gerard Bertrand | |
Jean-François Ganevat | |
Larmandier-Bernier | |
Louis Roederer | |
Valentin Zusslin | |
Germany (3) | Weingut Clemens Busch (new) |
Weingut Odinstal | |
Frank John (new) | |
Italy (8) | Alois Lageder |
Arianna Occhipinti | |
Avignonesi | |
E. Pira e Figli - Chiara Boschis | |
Petrolo (new) | |
San Salvatore 1988 (new) | |
Salcheto | |
Tenuta Regaleali Tasca d'Almerita | |
New-Zealand (1) | Millton |
Portugal (3) | Filipa Pato (new) |
Herdade do Esporão | |
Julia Kemper Wines | |
South Africa (3) | Backsberg |
Reyneke | |
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Sadie Family | |
Spain (3) | Descendientes de José Palacios |
Pingus (new) | |
Recaredo | |
United States (9) | Brick House |
The Eyrie Vineyards | |
Hedges Family Estate | |
Horsepower Vineyards | |
Littorai | |
Raen Winery | |
Ridge | |
Spottswoode | |
Tablas Creek | |
About Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Robert Parker Wine Advocate is the first independent website dedicated to wine consumers. It has a database with more than 450,000 tasting notes written by professional critics from all around the world. Thanks to its system of ranking a wine on a scale from one to 100 points and its coverage of the main winery regions of the world, Robert Parker Wine Advocate (a MICHELIN Group company) has been the worldwide leader and the independent guide for good wine consumers for the past 40 years. Directed since 2022 by Editor-in-Chief Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker Wine Advocate is composed of an international team of 10 wine critics, who highlight the best wines to the world as well as incredible winery territories and all their diversity, not to mention artisans of exception and their singular traditions.
For more information, consult www.RobertParker.com
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