Olivier Azan and his wife Floriane have been producing wine organically close to Beziers in the ancient French region of Languedoc Roussillon since 1981. The first Greener Planet wine comes in a bottle made from partially recycled glass, with a label printed on recycled paper and using sustainable inks.

The wine is a blend of organically grown Shiraz (40%), Merlot (40%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (20%) grapes grown near the medieval walled city of Carcassonne and the Montagne Noire – the black mountain - at the western end of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut Languedoc.

Bringing these three grape varieties together is far from traditional in this part of France or elsewhere, but it creates a harmonious wine that combines peppery spice and flavours of wild berries. It would go perfectly with flavoursome red meat or vegetarian dishes.