Contra Soarda’s ‘Terra’ - Europe’s 1st (overtly) carbon negative wine from N. Italy

Update: 2023-05-18

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I am holding a glass of Contra Soarda’s elegantly perfumed ‘Terra’, produced within the vicinity of Bassano del Grappa. Terra is a wine blended from Merlot and Marzemino Nero. Marzemino is a very old grape variety first mentioned as part of a banquet wine list served to Pope Gregory XII on the 6 June, 1409 in Cividale, Friuli. Despite such fine lineage, ‘Terra’ is finding prestige as Europe’s first ‘carbon negative wine’.

Before considering the quality of Terra, or even the ‘how’ in the carbon negative journey, a few thoughts on the ‘why’ are worth recapping:

Full Article: https://secretsommelier.com/wine-and-climate-change/639-contra-soarda-terra

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Contra Soarda’s ‘Terra’ - Europe’s 1st (overtly) carbon negative wine from N. Italy

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Contra Soarda’s ‘Terra’ - Europe’s 1st (overtly) carbon negative wine from N. Italy