Aussie wine named world's best new 'green' drink

12th February 2010, 8:18am

Magazine The Drinks Business last night named an Australian family-owned and operated winery winner of the Best Green Launch at the 2010 Green Awards in London.

Wakefield Wines won the award which recognises businesses for significant environmental, sustainable and climate change initiatives.

The inaugural event comes at quite possibly the most crucial time for environmental awareness across commercial industries.

The Best Green Launch is awarded to a beer, wine, spirit or soft drink launch that has promoted an environmentally friendly cause, has sustainable issues at its core and clearly demonstrates a reduction in its environmental impact during production.

Mitchell Taylor, third generation managing director for Wakefield Wines is thrilled to win the award: "This award is a major honour for our family business. Our environmental commitment is something we all hold very dear to our hearts and for many years, we have made a concerted effort to protect the future of the Australian and global wine industry and ultimately future generations of our family. Winning Best Green Launch is confirmation that we're doing the right thing."

Wakefield Wines, known as Taylors Wines in Australia and New Zealand was the only Australian entrant in the international Best Green Launch category and won for its September 2009 launch of Eighty Acres - the world's first 100% carbon neutral range of wines based on a complete cradle to the grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) compliant to ISO14044.

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