Almonds, Olives and Chocolates, too!ĮNSO has always been the neighborhood watering hole for those who love to explore the unique wines of the northwest-wines like Counoise, Mourvèdre and Cabernet Franc. With our assortment of local meats and worldly cheeses, you’ll satiate your hunger and compliment whatever is in your glass. Pair that with our wine-friendly snacks and you have the perfect evening just waiting for you. (Don’t worry if you mispronounce it!) And we have a smattering of reds from delicate to full-bodied.Īnd for those of you who don’t drink wine, we have you covered with a selection of northwest beers and ciders. We have refreshing white wines like Grüner Veltliner and delicious and dry rosés like the fan-favorite Mourvèdre. There are so many ways to experience ENSO, whether with a friend and a glass of rosé after work on the patio or with your family for a wedding or other celebration or with one of our amazing bartenders to get a flight before you catch your flight.
The value of composting is to create nutrient rich top soil – not to convert everything into air or to leave plastic fragments in our soil.Īs we move toward more natural compostable materials such as ENSO RENEW, perhaps it will help Portland to reconsider accepting plastics in the compost system.ENSO is an urban winery in SE Portland that hand crafts old-world style wines that express both the moment they were created as well as the moment they’re enjoyed time capsules. Plant matter degrades slowly over time and results in carbon retention in the soil as well as minerals and nutrients (together all of this known as humus).
Either way, there is no value or benefit left in the soil.Ĭontrary to popular belief, these synthetic compostable plastics are not the same as plant matter in the compost. The result? You end up with plastics that turn into greenhouse gas or don’t break down at all in the compost system. These requirements are also built for commercial compost systems that operate at extremely high temperatures – much higher than most compost piles ever reach (why? because PLA requires the high heat to break down). Current ASTM D6400 requirements for compostable plastics require that the plastic convert 90% to CO2 within 120 days. These second types of compostable plastics add absolutely no value to the compost system. There are other synthetic plastics that will compost, such as PLA, that are not similar to food waste (and will not biodegrade in your back yard either). There are natural plastics such as starch and ENSO RENEW that are virtually identical to food waste. Unfortunately, what they were not told when they were sold on the “compostable plastic” was there is many different plastics that will compost, some provide value while others do not. This decision comes as a surprise to many restaurants who have diligently converted to compostable plastics trying to “go green”. This also means that compostable plastics should not be marketed as compostable in Portland because they are not allowed in the system. In fact, any food scrap loads with more than trivial amounts of compostable plastics will be diverted to the landfill. Portland has announced a major change to their community compost system – as of Mathey will no longer be accepting compostable plastics such as forks, spoons and cups.
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