EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 51 MIN
#114 Andrew Neather: What's My Wine Carbon Footprint?
from Serves You Right · host Andrew Roy
If you think buying "sustainable" wine means grabbing the bottle with a leaf on the label, you might want to listen to this episode. Most drinkers (and plenty of pros) obsess over what's in the glass while ignoring the glass itself, the shipping, the labor, and the recycling stream that quietly decides a bottle's real footprint. This conversation with wine writer and Rooted in Change author Andrew Neather is the missing context: climate change, bottle weight, organic vs. biodynamic, regenerative agriculture, migrant labor in Champagne, bulk shipping, and glass recycling…the full supply chain most sustainability talk skips. If you buy, sell, pour, or just drink wine, this is the framework that makes your choices actually count.Expect to Learn:Why roughly 40% of a bottle's carbon footprint has nothing to do with the wineThe single bottle trait to avoid on any shelf, and why it's pure marketingWhere your buying power actually livesWhat "sustainable" really means for the farmer, not just the planetThe low-risk experiment turning skeptical winemakers into believersWhy recycling your wine bottles may not do what you think it doesLinks:Rooted in Change by Andy Neather & Jane Masters (Amazon / Académie du Vin Library)Andy Neather's Substack — A View From My TableAlice Feiring’s Episode on Serves You RightService starts now.Follow the show: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTubeI talk to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in bars. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess that can be a life working in bars, and help others that are feeling similarly confused and/or lost. Check out the Podcast Website Here and get in touch with me!Classic Episodes You May Like:Doug Frost MW MSJeffrey MorgenthalerET: Entrepreneur (and creator of Surfer on Acid)Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on IntoxicationAndrew Hurley of Vegas.WineChris Tunstall of A Bar AboveTony Abou-GanimBobby "G" GleasonAs always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means.Cheers
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