With the world in a terrible state, it’s nice to know that having a lovely drink can also have a positive effect on our environment. Here are three delicious drinks that all have another positive purpose for the environment and you can follow their progress online. Cheers to that!
SEAS - Hidden Sea Chardonnay
Hidden Sea is an Australian company making easy drinking, juicy, accessible Aussie wines from the Limestone coast using classic grapes: Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Shiraz, Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio and a GSM blend. This chardonnay is fruity and round with tropical fruit notes and zesty citrus.
Green creds: Their mission is simple: for every bottle sold, they remove ten plastic bottles from the ocean. You can see their progress on their website too. The pledge to have removed 1 billion bottles by 2030.
£9 from Sainsbury’s and other supermarkets.
TREES - Cloud Apple Cider by Cannabrew
The UK’s first CBD infused cider. Cannabrew was set up by an ex-rugby player who discovered how good CBD was for aches and pains. He also had a passion for craft beer, so decided to set up one of the UK’s first CBD Craft breweries. As well as a range of beers, the range now includes this crisp cider, made from British apples. All products are infused with a hefty15mg of CBD oil.
Green creds: plastic-free, recyclable packaging with two trees planted for every case sold in their company forest. They also support local British farmers.
Buy 12 for £37.19 (£3.10 each) cannabrew.co.uk
BEES - Avallen Calvados
Avallen is Climate Positive (carbon negative) Calvados. Made from nothing but apples, water and two years in oak barrels for, Calvados is a spirit made from apples in the appellation of Calvados in Normandy, France.
Green creds: Avallen is Climate Positive (carbon negative) where each bottle removes 2.73kg of CO2 from the atmosphere without external offsetting. That’s the equivalent of driving 21 km in an average car. At the time of writing, they produced 15,421 bottles of Avallen, removing 41.8 metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Each bottle only uses 1.2L of water to produce, which is 70-95% less than other spirit categories. They support charitable partners via 1% for the Planet membership and all the apples come from within 20km of the distillery. For the bees, their goal is to plant 10,000 flowering plants by 2022 thanks to their flower-powered Beeboms as well as restoring wild meadows at the distillery in Normandy.
£35 from www.avallenspirits.com