I'm not sure what this is but it sounds like fun

Free Moose Munch - that's a chocolate goodie - with select Harry and David products. They'll have this available till December 31.

Green gifts: hard to argue with this one

New green wines at wine.com

Exclusively at Wine.com. The Eco Wine Trio includes three premium red wines from the Boisset Family Estates – the first available in PET bottles in the U.S. (What are PET bottles? They are BPA-free plastic bottles that weigh 90% less and have a 50% lower carbon footprint than glass bottles and feature a unique oxygen-barrier that ensures wine quality and taste.) They are presented in a gift box produced of 100% recycled packaging and it retails for $29.99 – an incredible value. With each Eco Wine Trio sale, Wine.com will direct 10% of the retail price to the EarthEra Renewable Energy Trust, which funds construction of new, renewable energy projects in the U.S. In addition, EarthEra carbon balances the shipments of the Eco Wine Trio from the winery to you.

Vegan vino? Sure, but it comes with a few catches

Wines made from organically grown grapes used to suffer from a reputation for inadequacy. These were the murky beverages that were sold in health food co-ops and poured in vegetarian cafes that served sprouts and tofu. They were not to be taken seriously.

Today, the tide has turned. Consumers have come to expect their wines to come from sustainably grown fruit. And for grocery store shoppers, "organic" has become a term denoting quality rather than mediocrity.

But now there's a new word in the wine lexicon: vegan.

More wineries focus on going green

Rodney Strong Wine Estates announced last month that it is now "carbon neutral." The Sonoma County winery joins several in California, South America and New Zealand that, through conservation and investment in clean energy (by buying carbon credits), have reduced their carbon emissions enough to essentially zero out their contribution to greenhouse gases.

Wineries today tout their environmentalist credentials almost as much as their scores from influential wine critics. Their news releases gloat about certifications for sustainable or organic farming or glittering new solar power arrays more often than about the latest vintage release. Napa County police recently nabbed a ring of thieves who were sneaking onto winery grounds at night to pilfer valuable solar panels.

Organic wines gaining popularity worldwide

DRIVEN BY CONSUMER demand for more healthy consumption and an unspoiled environment, farmers and wine growers in the West have been turning to organic or alternative farming, that is, farming without chemical pesticides or fertilizers, as in the days before World War II.

There’s reason wine-grape growers are attracted to organic farming. With wine already under attack from adversaries of alcoholic beverages, growers have no wish to rile still another group, the foes of chemicals in farming.

However, organic wines are not just for fired-up eco activists. Today, even the most snobbish oenophiles match their discriminating taste buds with their environmental beliefs. The New York Times reported that organic wines have been a trend in the past two years. It’s not just because these wines supposedly prevent the throbbing head syndrome after a night of indulgence.