Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon - Fair Trade Wine

Embraced by the winds, Kissed by the sea, Guided by the stars

Mendoza, Argentina
Fair Trade Certified™ - Fair Trade Wine

Fairhills is the world’s most well-known fair trade brand being sourced from three fair trade wine countries of origin, Argentina, Chile, and South Africa.  The Fairhills initiative benefits over 1300 beneficiaries in the three different countries and focuses on improving the living and social conditions of these producers. 

Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon benefits the local farmers of Bodegas y Viñedos de Marañon and three small producers along with their farm worker community in Mendoza, Argentina.  The Fair Trade initiative is dedicated to ten farms to improve the quality of life for 210 members and 300+ children. The initiative is one of the first in Argentina and has used their sales to upgrade various schools in the region, purchasing new toys, establish a soup kitchen, and purchase an ambulance for the local health care center.  Future plans are to convert from conventional farming to all organic, building a sports club, and continue improving health care clinics and schools.

The Fairhills initiative has created a very successful and financially sustainable brand that benefits the environment and the communities in the underdeveloped regions of South Africa, Argentina and Chile.  “To my knowledge, the Fairhills project is one of the largest and most successful Fairtrade projects in the world.  In my experience it certainly ranks as one of the largest and highest impact Fairtrade projects in Africa and Argentina and definitely the largest in wine.  The project is a model example of what Fairtrade can achieve,” according to Flo-Cert. 

Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon pairs well with your favorite pasta dish or grilled meats.

Tasting Notes

Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon offers aromas of dark fruit, coffee and black tea that lead into fresh strawberry fruit.  Well balanced with good acidity and layers of smoke on the finish round out this wine.

Vineyards

Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon is produced with handpicked Fair Trade Certified™ grapes sourced from Mendoza, Argentina.  The grapes are grown on vines 35 years in age in a soil composed of clay and loam.  The region has both coastal and mountain influences and soil in this area is a mix of sandstone and granite with marl, making for an ideal terroir.  The climate is cold winters and very hot summers, but the altitude creates a moderate climate.

Reviews

Tasting Notes: Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza, Argentina 2008

"Easy your conscience and please your palate with this nicely put together Fair Trade Certified Cabernet."

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 21, 2009 by Anne Schamberg

1 Star (Very Good) - 2007 Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon

"Appealing scents of blackberry jam with a hint of mint yield to a wine of decent body and soft, silky tannins.  A nice everyday red."

Washington Post, Recommendations, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009; Page 5

89 points - 2007 Fairhills Cabernet Sauvignon

"...Very good basic food wine or enjoyable by itself..."

The Midwest Wine Connection, October 2008 (Pt. 2)

Wine of the Week: Fair Trade Wine

Slashfood.com - November 2, 2008 by Gretchen Roberts