#4 Deborah Parker Wong, Editor of SOMM Magazine & Slow Wine Guide USA - Sustainability in wine education

Almost as important as having a sustainability action plan and taking the actions for more sustainable wines, foods and tourism services is to communicate them clearly and transparently to the consumers. Deborah Parker Wong is a California based wine educator and journalist and she shares her views of the topic in this week’s episode.Slow wine guide is (to our knowledge) the only wine guide that has a sustainable criteria in its selection of wines and producers. Debra is the US Slow wine guide curator and director and in that role she has her finger on the pulse of what are the latest developments in sustainability actions in California and what we could learn from them in Europe.Deborah Parker Wong is also an ambassador of Vini del Piemonte, a sensory consultant, an associate professor at the Santa Rosa College but also a current PHD student in sensory sciences at the Fresno California University.www.deborahparkerwong.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.parker.wong/IG: @deborahparkerwongTwitter: @parkerwongLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahparkerwong/From the show:Pamela Strayer – Organic Wines Uncorked, https://winecountrygeographic.com/Bonterra - https://www.bonterra.com/California pesticide tracking tool - https://trackingcalifornia.org/pesticides/pesticide-mapping-toolCCOF - https://www.ccof.org/Demeter - https://demeter.net/SASB - https://www.sasb.org/Environmental impact of fast fashion - https://psci.princeton.edu/tips/2020/7/20/the-impact-of-fast-fashion-on-the-environmentConsumer sustainability efforts – I meant to include this, essential to using the Tesla and HE appliancesTime of use-rate plans for off-peak power - PG&E’s Time-of-Use rate plans (pge.com)http://www.sukula.com/podcast/