A Silver Linings Playbook for the Pandemic

By The Manual September 2020

"Winemaker Rachel Rose of Bryn Mawr Vineyards says the pandemic helped her label kick its sustainability goals into gear. “With the huge disruptions in the supply chain, many of the supplies we’d been relying on just weren’t available anymore,” she says. “It was a big wake-up call — when you can’t proceed as normal, it makes you step back and question things.”

Rose says that led to moving all glass needs to a domestic producer in neighboring Washington, as well as stepping away from traditional tin capsules and screw cap bottle closures. “Now we’ve shifted entirely to natural wax closures, which are far more sustainable,” she says."

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