Carbon Sequestration: Throughout The Wine Production Cycle

Carbon dioxide is a heat trapping gas produced both in nature and human activities. It plays a significant role in global warning. Reality as we speak requires a real and urgent need to begin a long, unprecedented and sustained effort to “de-carbonize” the atmosphere, so becoming carbon neutral is not enough anymore. To do this, carbon-negative actions, systems, and industries are required. Carbon sequestration can have an important role in preventing carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere, and reducing the human “carbon footprint.” We can categorize 3 types of Carbon Sequestration: Biological (storage of carbon dioxide in vegetation, in soils and ocean), Geological (storing carbon dioxide in underground geologic formations, or rocks) and technological (remove and store carbon from the atmosphere using innovative technologies). So how can wine production contribute to carbon sequestration? To explore this answer, it is fundamental to considerer, when evaluating the carbon cycle, all sources of emissions and all of the sequestration potential. In this Climate Talk we will look at the carbon cycle in wine production, and the challenges of carbon sequestration across all stages and processes. We will bring different perspectives and practices of carbon sequestration: how the soil works as a natural carbon sink, passing into the technology available for the capture and storage of the carbon released in the fermentation, to the role the cork stopper can take in offsetting carbon footprint of the wine packaging. Would these solutions represent an opportunity for farmers to explore the carbon market? All these topics, among others, will be addressed in this conversation that brings together players from different geographies, expertise and profiles. Host Nuno Gaspar de Oliveira . Portugal . Partner NBI – Natural Business Intelligence Guests CARLOS DE JESUS . Portugal . Marketing and Communication Director at AMORIM CORK TOM CROGHAN . USA . CO-Owner and Winemaker at The Vineyards at Dodon DIANA SNOWDEN SEYSSES . USA and France . Winemaker at Domain Dujac and Proprietor and Winemaker at Snowden Vineyards

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