{"id":262285,"date":"2026-03-30T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.perlagewines.com\/eu-non-eu-perlage-sparkling-wines-are-organic-vegan-and-responsible\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:11:09","slug":"eu-non-eu-perlage-sparkling-wines-are-organic-vegan-and-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perlagewines.com\/en\/eu-non-eu-perlage-sparkling-wines-are-organic-vegan-and-responsible\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\/non-EU: Perlage sparkling wines are organic, vegan and &#8220;responsible&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Quality that rhymes with Corporate Social Responsibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Many may have noticed that on the capsule of some of our organic and vegan sparkling wines the words <strong>&#8216;EU\/NON-EU Agriculture&#8217;<\/strong> accompany the organic flag.<br \/>\nThis statement <strong>is not about the origin of the grapes<\/strong> because we use only grapes of Italian origin for the production of sparkling wines and organic and vegan wines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;EU\/NON-EU agriculture&#8217;, on the other hand, concerns a stage of production in the winery. Sparkling wines to become such are processed according to the Martinotti (Charmat) method, which involves<strong> fermentation in autoclaves<\/strong>. When the base wine is loaded into the autoclaves, in addition to the yeast, a <strong>minimal amount of sugar<\/strong> is added to trigger the fermentation process that transforms the sugars into alcohol and natural carbon dioxide. This is how the wine is transformed into <strong>sparkling wine<\/strong>.   <\/p>\n<p>The wording was introduced because Perlage uses for its organic sparkling wines the <strong>organic cane sugar<\/strong> that the <strong>Altromercato<\/strong> Social Enterprise imports from outside the EU, in this case from <strong>Thailand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Altromercato has always promoted <strong>fair trade<\/strong> that guarantees a fair price to small-scale sugarcane producers.<\/p>\n<p>Perlage as of 2019 has officially become a <strong>Benefit Corporation<\/strong> (after becoming certified B Corp in 2016). Values such as <strong>transparency, social and environmental sustainability, inclusiveness<\/strong> and promotion of more responsible and healthy lifestyles are now part of our corporate charter. Perlage through its partnership with Altromercato, wishes to promote and incentivize more <strong>equitable, responsible and sustainable<\/strong> forms of economic development.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;EU\/NON-EU agriculture&#8221; indicates the use of organic sugar imported from non-EU countries for fermentation, not the origin of the grapes, which are Italian. 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