February 02, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO California vineyards and wineries are encouraged to apply for the 2021 California Green Medal: Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. Applications are now being accepted at www.greenmedal.org. The California Green Medal is presented by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), California Association of Winegrape Growers, Wine Institute, Lodi Winegrape Commission, Napa Valley Vintners, Sonoma County Winegrowers and The Vineyard Team.
California vineyards and wineries that participate in a sustainability program in California are eligible to apply in four award categories that recognize outstanding achievement in sustainability:
Leader Award, given to the vineyard or winery that demonstrates success and innovation in all of the below three areas of sustainable winegrowing and also inspires others.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sustainable Wine
It’s different than organic but sorta similar and becoming more and more popular.
By Chelsea Greenwood Mint Images
Natural. Organic. Sustainable. Biodynamic. When you’re trying to eat healthily and shop green, you’ll find food and drink with all kinds of labels to get your attention. One of these terms is empty marketing speak (ahem, “natural”) to grab your dollar, while the others speak to a code, a system of standards and beliefs that the producers ascribe to religiously because of its environmental and social benefits.
Such is the case with sustainable wine, a winemaking practice and movement that began in the 1990s but has grown more mainstream in every winegrowing region across the globe, with several California vineyards leading the way.