I have been making tweaks and changes over the last few months to our packaging. Our glass, cork, capsules, and cardboard have always been fully recyclable.

For years, we have been saving corks from opened bottles and sending them to Cork ReHarvest, a Cork Forest Conservation Alliance program.

Longtime wine club members Sue and Mike Hill brought the needs of the Teacher Resource Center of the North Bay (TRCNB) to our attention last November.

We began collecting the tin foil capsules on our opened bottles and giving them to the TRCNB. They receive $2.50 per pound and use the funds to provide a free classroom supply store. Teachers can shop, at no cost, for supplies they need for their classrooms.

(Lord knows Jeff and I are personally able to make up any deficit with the temporary closings of tasting rooms for these cork and capsule donations!)

Our cardboard boxes and pulp inserts that cradle the bottles come from Gorilla Shipper Products. They are both recyclable and biodegradable.

We have new tissue papers, cardstock covers, stickers, and tape from Noissue. The tissues are compostable and printed with soy ink. The cardstock covers, stickers, and packing tape are all recyclable.