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Before you raise your glasses this holiday, consider getting wines that toast the environment even as you imbibe. When a wine is certified as organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), you're assured that at least 95 percent of the grapes used were grown sans pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
If, like some detractors of organic vino, you believe that making wine without preservatives such as sulfur dioxide also strips away some of its taste, an alternative is to shop for wines that are labeled "made with organic grapes." These wines comprise at least 70 percent organic grapes hailing from vineyards that adhere to the same rules as their organic-certified brethren. The only difference is that they can use sulfites, as long as the concentration of each bottle doesn't exceed 100 parts per million (ppm). (Conventional wines have a latitude of up to 350ppm.) ::SalonReady to try? Here are some intoxicating options:
1. Habitat Wines: For every Habitat Wine screw cap you return, Habitat Wines donates a buck to your choice of five charities.
2. Brick House Vineyards: All its wines are produced and bottled by hand on its 40-acre farm in Oregon.
3. Ceago Vinegarden: Based in California, this wine maker uses a farming method known as biodynamics, which goes beyond organic.
4. Fetzer Vineyards: Has dedicated itself to environmental and socially responsible practices since the mid-1980s.
5. The Organic Wine Company: A family business that imported the first French organic wines into the United States
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