French to Ship Wine by Three-Masted Barque
Written by Max Lindberg
Published on February 24th, 2008
It’s been over a hundred years, but soon a three-masted, 19th century barque will transport 60,000 bottles of French wine from Bordeaux to Dublin. And this is just the beginning for vintners in the Languedoc region.
The 170 foot Belem, launched in 1896, spent many years transporting chocolate from South America, and gets it’s name from a Brazilian port. It will be the first of seven three-masted vessels planned to be in service by 2013, all apparently slated to transport French wines as far as Canada.
Frederic Albert, owner of the ship, is quoted by The Guardian as saying, “My idea was to do something for the planet and something for the wines of Languedoc. One of my grandfathers was a wine-maker and one was a sailor”.
The delivery by ship will take longer than a flight, but Albert says it will save 18,375lb of carbon.
Each bottle transported by the Belem will be labelled: “Carried by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet”.
Via Planetsave
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