At The Rejoicing Vine winery one of the ways we cultivate life is through reducing our carbon footprint. The first way we reduce is by sourcing only fruit grown within our region. Our region tends to produce grapes high in acid & low in tannins - a great starting point for premium sparkling wines. The second way we reduce our carbon footprint is through elimination of packaging. A majority of the carbon footprint of wine comes from the packaging. Sparkling wine production allows us to all but eliminate packaging in the tasting room. Our wines are packaged and served out of stainless steel kegs rather than glass bottles. Once empty the kegs sanitized and reused, over and over, and over again. While time will tell, we believe its reasonable we can save on the order of ten thousand bottles from the landfill through the purchase of a single keg.