November 8th 2007
Paul Newman Jumps Into Organic Wine Business
Filed under: food & drink — michael @ 3:47 pm
Expanding his already massively popular line of salad dressings, pasta sauce, and more, Paul Newman has announced a new partnership with Rebel Wine Company to create a new brand of organic wine.
Falling under the “Newman’s Own” label, a 2006 California Chardonnay and 2006 California Cabernet Sauvignon will be released next March. The actor said his new project brings the entire brand full circle, since his salad dressings were first put into old wine bottles with parchment labels decades ago.
The wine will be a bit on the expensive side at $16 per bottle, but the beauty behind Newman’s empire is that all after-tax profits go towards many grateful charities. Over the last quarter-century, over $200 million has been given to thousands of organizations. A true philanthropist we have no problem raising a glass to.
via luxist
[...] Paul Newman partners with Rebel Wine Company to create a line of organic wines. [...]
I wonder how Paul Newman can reconcile his pro-nuclear stance with wanting to produce organic wines… People are asking, how can you be pro-nuclear and be an environmentalist? My answer is that you can’t. Paul is undoing all his good environmental deeds by shilling for a company like Entergy, endorsing the relicensing of Indian Point, the nuclear power plant on the Hudson river.
Paul Newman is connected to NEI and the nuclear industry at the hip. The nuclear industry is doing serious harm to the environment, leaking tritium and strontium into our waters. In light of this, just how GREEN is Paul Newman? Does it make since to have a ORGANIC Winery pairing up with some one who is so openly supportive of a industry that creates the most lethal waste streams in the world?
Nuclear energy, particularly with the advent of much more advanced technology, is substantially greener than any other form of existing mass energy generation.
Governments around the world are beginning to understand this, in tandem with the increased consumer interest in organic wines
[...] Wall Gang. Ever devout to helping others, Newman’s efforts over the last quarter-century have helped raise more than $200 million for thousands of organizations. We wish him and his family the best during this time. [Read [...]