Tag: Sustainability

Napa County Winery Permit Enforcement Deadline Spurs Scramble for Professionals: Napa County is undertaking a sizable effort this year to tighten enforcement of limits on how much local wineries can grow. But with less than three months until a deadline to file for permit modifications, there's growing concern among the small cadre of professionals usually tasked with such documentation about meeting the deadline...

In California, no resource is more important than water, which is why water management has been a top priority in the wine community for...

North Coast Wineries Bullish on Organic Grapes to Drive Growth: Walk down the aisle at the local Whole Foods Market or any other similar grocer. Almost everywhere you look, there are organic products on prominent display, from lettuce to macaroni and cheese to ice cream. But over at the wine section? Not so much...

Local Experts Weigh in on the State of the North Coast Wine Industry: What's been happening in the North Coast wine industry? Specifically developed to for wineries in Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino Counties...

Pioneering Vintner, World's Largest Winery to be Certified as a B Corporation, Recognized for Improvement and Commitment to Regeneration HOPLAND, Calif., Sept. 5, 2018 - Fetzer...

Number of growers following CALIFORNIA RULES for Sustainable Winegrowing expands Clarksburg, CA – Bogle Vineyards has announced that 92% of the grapes used in its...

Israel’s Golan Heights and Galil Mountain Wineries Achieve Historic Certification January 17, 2018, LODI, CA – The LODI RULES™ Sustainable Winegrowing Program, created by the...

Anyone who knows Wayne Bailey knows how important farming is to him. It is where his life began, the son of an Iowa sharecropper. And it is where his life has lead him. Through years of business success as an engineer and a consultant to high profile companies like McDonald’s, Bailey’s work eventually lead him to the vineyards of Burgundy. This was a turning point for Bailey and what began as a three month consultancy expanded into two years in the vineyards of Beaune. “The vignerons there consider themselves farmers,” he remembers, “and so do I. I gravitated toward that. I spent time in the vineyards there and my mind was imagining growing grapes and making wine.” Bailey returned to farming life making Youngberg Hill in Willamette Valley home and livelihood to the Bailey family.

California Vintner Recognized for Commitments to Carbon Neutrality and a Net Positive Future HOPLAND, Calif., Nov. 15, 2017 -- Fetzer Vineyards was among 19 global enterprises and the only...

New Book Shows How ‘Greener’ Wines Secure Jobs, Reduce Environmental Impact, Make a Better World WASHINGTON, D.C., August ­­­­1, 2017 – As the U.S. demand for organic...

HEALDSBURG, Calif. – APRIL 27, 2017 – Dry Creek Vineyard announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. D779,938, related to the design of printed...

“We are committed to being leaders in responsible winemaking, and are sharing the story of our journey with others to inspire and inform,” the...

Free Self-Guided Vineyard Walks Allow Up Close and Personal Access to Sustainable Vineyards SONOMA COUNTY, CA, August 16, 2016 – Just in time for the...

It wasn’t Peter Kruger’s intention to become a sustainability expert at Bear Republic Brewery – but then, it wasn’t really his intention to get involved with the commercial craft brewing industry at all.

by Kim Badenfort Wednesday morning Tom Beard Company delivered the first commercial BlueMorph UV sanitation unit to Jackson Family Wines in Windsor CA,  and Co-Founder...