Pull up a chair by the fire. Warm yourself up. Have a glass of red. It probably hasn’t escaped your attention that it is snowy in the UK at the moment. We awake daily to an idyllic winter wonderland and no prospect of any public transport. The urge to retreat to the fireside with a glass of warming red wine is hard to resist.
Posts Tagged ‘vivid’
Sep
29
MANA: Natural winemaking in Marlborough, New Zealand
By Rob Pickard
Over the last decade the Marlborough region in New Zealand has developed into one of the most well known wine regions of the world, creating dynamic wines that – in the case of Sauvignon Blanc at least – portray a unique identity and style.
However, five artisanal wineries in the region believe a change of attitude is needed in terms of the way wineries look …
Sep
06
Mitchelton Winery puts importance on Water Management
By Rob Pickard
Leading on from my recent post on sustainable winemaking methods at SAAM, here is a look at Mitchelton, from central Victoria, Australia – another producer putting investment into environmental issues within the vineyard, and leading the way down under. One area in particular in which the winery is investing heavily is its use of water, attempting to recycle and reduce …
Aug
31
Sustainability at SAAM Mountain Vineyards
By Rob Pickard
Commitments to environmental and ethical issues have come to the forefront of business strategy over the last few years, with Corporate Social Responsibility a key area for company investment. Whether you feel these issues are important in the wine industry, or indeed whether eco-friendly wine production would influence the average consumer’s next wine purchase – many wine producers around the world believe in its …
Jun
18
Top 10 Tips for a Greener Restaurant
By Jamie Ford
Quite rightly ‘Green Issues’ are increasingly on the forefront of people’s minds. Questions arise such as:
How can we be more environmentally friendly?
How can we make sure our lives and business’ are sustainable?
Has my chicken burger been organically farmed?
Sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start. So I took it upon myself to compile a list of tips that would help restaurants who were wanting …
Mar
02
Climate Change – Knappstein’s Solution
By Ben Turner
Knappstein home
Climate change is a much debated subject the world over. Whether we’re discussing the change in weather patterns ranging from decades to millions of years through to a change in a specific region over time or even specific one offs events, we can’t help but seemingly acknowledge that change is happening in our own lifetime.
There is no doubt …
Feb
22
Fairtrade Fortnight 2010
By Ben Turner
Swap it, don't fight it
With it being Fairtrade Fortnight from 22nd February to 7th March we here at Bibendum thought we’d let you know a little about how The Fairtrade Foundation is asking the nation to swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff in The Big Swap…
Feb
03
Carbon? Zero!
By Gal Zohar
If you’ve been following this space, you might have noticed a recurring theme. Lately we have been almost obsessed with the green (or Vivid in Bibendum speak) aspects of wine production. After discussing the real meaning of natural wines and exploring the philosophy behind biodynamic farming we thought we had covered it all. And then came Matt Oliver.
Matt is the vineyard manager …
Feb
01
The Ubuhle Beads Exhibition
By Aurore de Tapol
Last night I was at the Ubuhle Beads Exhibition in Highgate, sponsored by SAAM Mountain.
Ubuhle means “beautiful” in Zulu and this charity was established in 2000 with the objective to create an African Design Village at Little Farm in Kwazulu-Natal.
It all started when Ntombephi Ntombela was doing beadwork which was being sold on the Durban beach front. Soon, Ntombephi and her friend Bev …
Jan
07
Bibendum’s Vivid Team leads the Green Revolution
By Bibendumtimes
We take a lot of things seriously at Bibendum – wine, customer, service, lunch – but nothing more so than our Vivid project which aims to make a real difference to the way we impact on the environment. Vivid is the name we give to our wide-ranging project to reduce the impact that Bibendum, its employees and its products have on the environment. …
