This Certified B Corporation winery signals high standards, even at $10 a bottle

For the past 10 years it has been getting harder to find well-crafted wines around the $10 per bottle mark. Because some of the easiest ways to keep prices low involve boosting crop yields with chemical sprays or exploiting seasonal farmworkers, it has seemed almost impossible to find decent $10 bottles made by a company that can credibly claim to be environmentally and socially responsible.

A great resource for those seeking to align their wine consumption with their values is the “B Corp” movement. This initiative is being led by the nonprofit B Labs, which take its inspiration from a famous quote from Stephen Hawking: “There is no planet B.”

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B Labs is based on the idea that business could lead the way toward a better future by shifting to a model that factors in the needs of other stakeholders besides shareholders, such as employees, neighboring communities, and even customers. To date, B Labs have certified over 50 wine companies as “B Corporations” for meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Of these, the largest is Concha y Toro, Chile’s number one wine producer.

For decades, the family-owned Concha y Toro has been known for reliably delivering well-made wines that taste great at every price point. Their “Casillero del Diablo” line is hard to beat around the $10 mark, as with this delicious merlot. Like many Chilean reds, it features a flavor profile that is not as sharply dry as most Italian or French wines, nor as jammy as many American or Argentine wines. A beautifully balanced, dry red that is soft and velvety in the mouth, this merlot is loaded with flavors of black cherries and dark chocolate. And now that Concha y Toro has earned B Corporation status, you can feel better about how you’re spending your wine dollars, too.

$8.99, 13.5% alcohol

PLCB Item #8441

Sale price through May 29 – regularly $10.99

Also available at:

Joe Canal’s in Lawrenceville, N.J., $9.99, lawrenceville.jcanals.com; Canal’s in Mount Ephraim, $9.99, mycanals.com; and Total Wine & More in Claymont, Del., $9.99, www.totalwine.com.