Winners Announced for the Annual California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards: St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, Clif Family Winery & Farm, Ironstone Vineyards and Hobo...
St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, Clif Family Winery & Farm, Ironstone Vineyards and Hobo Wine Company Named 2026 Awardees
April 9, 2026 (Sacramento, CA) — To kick off California’s Down...
Green Medal Awards Promote Wine Industry Sustainability: To identify and promote what vintners and growers were doing, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers got together in...
Farm Credit supports program that demonstrates that sustainability is not just good for the environment – it’s good for business, too
July 23, 2025 — In California’s wine industry, “sustainability”...
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery, CHANDON, Jordan Vineyards & Winery and Nuveen Natural Capital Named 2025 Awardees
SACRAMENTO — As we kick off California’s Down to Earth...
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines surpasses sustainability milestone with 36 J. Lohr wines, totaling more than 20 million bottles that feature the Certified California Sustainable seal
2022 J. Lohr Estates...
Commerce7 Acquires WineDirect's SaaS Division: Commerce7, the leading provider of direct-to-consumer solutions for wineries, today announced that its parent company Fullsteam has signed an agreement to...
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By Laurie Wachter
Allison Jordan is a forward-thinking leader and educator, a global influencer and, above all, a pragmatic optimist.
These are only a few of the attributes that describe her...
CSWA works closely with partners to develop easy-to-use tools to help growers and vintners document, measure and improve their sustainable practices. The California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing (Code)...
What's Driving Wine's Structural Decline: Wine consumption has been in decline in its traditional continental European markets for decades, and for many years that volume decline was offset by growth in...
Scientists Launch Wine Bottle Washing Project in Finger Lakes, New York: Glass scientists in New York State are studying ways to wash and reuse wine bottles in order to mitigate rising costs for Finger...
The 3rd Annual V Foundation for Cancer Research Sonoma Epicurean Weekend Raises over $3.4 Million: The 3rd annual V Foundation for Cancer Research Sonoma Epicurean weekend, held March 21-24 in Sonoma County’s...
Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2018 Named Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, announced Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2018 as the 2023 Wine of the...
Apply to the 2024 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards! Stop by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) booth and meet the team! Bring questions about sustainable...
Ohio Launches Appeal Over Wine Shipping: The state of Ohio has requested the Supreme Court to take on another wine shipping case....
With a deadline looming, wineries face a complicated path to compliance with
California’s Statewide Waste Discharge Requirements
By Laurie Wachter
The California wine industry has been plagued by...
