Can Wine Save The Planet

Can Wine Save the Planet, A documentary Project. Vineyards both large and small are embracing farming methods that revitalize their soils without chemicals. This in turn sequesters carbon which my friends are a huge factor in mitigating climate change. Each Vineyard has its own path, its own story. By sharing these stories, they inspire a movement which yes my friend could save the planet.

Can Wine Save the Planet?

Our planet is in the midst of climate chaos.
We are seeing the desertification of land, chaotic rain events and flooding, heat events, and severe drought.
Not to mention the plastic and trash littering our globe.

Carbon released into the atmosphere shapes our climate, warming parts of the planet and causing glaciers to crumble and jet streams to slow and stagnate.
We watch as the world around us changes in unexpected and dangerous ways.

In the World of Wine
there is hope!

Vineyards, both large and small,
are embracing farming methods that revitalize their soils.
This sequesters carbon and helps mitigate climate change!

Beyond that, they are reducing their carbon footprints with renewable energy, waste reclamation, & conservation, creating biodiversity on their properties, and reducing their environmental impact by finding new and old packaging methods.

Finally, they are looking at the people creating community & respect within their teams and beyond in their larger community.

Can Wine Save the Planet? a documentary project

We are drawn to biodynamic and regenerative vineyards and wineries. The wines they produce are just a step ahead in taste and nuance, and we wanted to discover why. We started pursuing interviews with biodynamic and regenerative wineries. Tablas Creek, Montinore Estate, Syncline, and Hedges Family Wine were all early on our list. We found ourselves drawn to their wine, how they farmed their grapes, how they expressed themselves, and how they looked at not just their vineyards but the planet.

In 2019, we traveled to Australia with the Wine Media Conference. There, we visited Krinklewood and Lowe Wines. Back in the United States, in the Applegate Valley, we discovered Troon and Cowhorn. In the Willamette Valley, we found Johan. More recently, we discovered Marcel Zanolari, Cirelli, and Emidio Pepe in Italy.

Visiting these vineyards and tasting their wines only reinforced the belief that farming with biodynamic and regenerative methods and applying the extra effort to improve the soil and ecosystem were, in FACT, making these wines better.

Fundraising for Can Wine Save the Planet Can Wine Save the Planet is a fiscally sponsored project of the International Documentary Association (IDA), 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Contributions in support of Can Wine Save the Planet are payable to IDA and are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Can Wine Save the Planet

is a fiscally sponsored project of the

International Documentary Association (IDA), 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization.

Contributions in support of Can Wine Save the Planet are payable to IDA and are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Former Cowhorn Vineyard owner Bill Steele told us during an interview on Biodynamics, “in Biodynamics, we found our people.” In a sense, we also found our own people and continue to find our own people through winemakers, writers, and advocates, all working separately towards the same goal.

What is the goal of these wineries and winemakers?

To have a meaningful purpose, make a wine that they are proud to share with family and friends, and leave the farm and planet better than they found it.

Soil, Biodiversity, Regeneration - an Eco Solution

Soil Health
adding Carbon capture, building soil organic matter,
conservation tillage, cover crops, promotion of biodiversity,
and rotational grazing.

Animal Welfare
freedom from discomfort,
freedom from fear & distress,
freedom from hunger,
freedom from pain, injury, or disease,
freedom to express normal behavior.

Farmworker Fairness,
including living wages, safe working conditions,
long-term commitments, transparency & accountability,
and collaborative leadership.

The heart of the story is about these people, how they got started, their path, their evolution, their perseverance, and their leadership.
They are each inspiring in their unique way, and they are all part of one thriving Ecosystem.

Our team of

Winery Advocates

Our team includes Winemakers and Vineyard owners who incorporate these farming practices to make the best possible wine for their customers.

They ask questions, evolve, learn, grow, share, and make the world a better place.

They make a difference, all while creating delicious wine.

Can Wine Save the Planet?

We started developing this project in 2023 by connecting with our Partner Winemakers and Writers to help showcase each of their storylines. We shot several days in the Spring and Harvest of 2023. We have been in production and development for all features, moving forward.

Update July 2026

We have been in Active Production filming segments in 2025 and are doing pickup shots throughout 2026.

We are assembling and editing the first feature and Biodynamic series episodes. We are working on creating a shooting schedule for 2027 for overseas filming in 2027.

The first feature is now currently shooting for a release date in 2028. Biodynamic series release in 2027.

We will have more information in the coming months with a fundraising campaign to help push this to release status this fall.

The regions we will cover include the USA, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, and Greece. (Just a couple of countries!) This is a global outreach.

Fill out the contact form below to keep up to date on what’s happening.

If you are interested in supporting this project with time or in some other way, let us know in the comments! (There are opportunities for Producer Credits!) This is a project about spreading the word and making change. We need Everyone’s Help!

Our team of

Wine Writers

Our team is broken down in a somewhat unconventional way.

When you think of a movie, you have a director, writer, and producer creating a story. There is a script, usually with one theme. A cast is hired. A movie is made. Then, it is shown on a big screen or TV. You move on.

Our Creative team includes writers seeking out and telling the stories of these trailblazers across multiple continents and Climate regions. This brings multiple perspectives to the story, which is ongoing and will change right along with the climate.

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Can Wine Save the Planet?

Follow along with 42Aspens Productions and Crushed Grape Chronicles on our Documentary Journey, as we start to answer that question, with a video diary and behind the scenes looks.

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