A summary of 2023 wine trade research, focused on climate beneficial attributes of sustainable wine and climate-related packaging considerations. 

A Roadmap to Address Climate Challenges and Build Resiliency.

This document is an excerpt from the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook (4th Edition) and includes educational boxes that cover climate smart practices. 

This handout features the highlights from the 2nd U.S. Sustainable Winegrowing Summit held virtually April 2021. 

A webinar held May 24, 2021 focused on wildfire preparedness for vineyards and wineries. Other topics include available grants for wildfire prevention and preparedness, and insurance issues related to wildfires.

 Day 3 video of the U.S. Sustainable Winegrowing Summit held on April 21, 2021.

The following template serves as a guide to assist growers in creating a customized management plan that addresses air quality and climate change.  This template is primarily relevant to Chapter 16 “Air Quality” of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing.  

The following template serves as a guide to assist growers in creating a customized management plan that addresses air quality and climate change. This template is primarily relevant to Chapter 16 “Air Quality” of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing.

Learn about trunk disease prevention practices and tools that enables growers to compare long-term cost savings from early adoption.

Tool for assessing energy-consuming processes and ways to reduce energy consumption. 

A summary of the results and recommendations stemming from a study of California wine's carbon footprint.

A guide to an online tool to help calculate GHG emissions from your vineyard soil through a computer model based on DNDC.

A discussion of vineyard practices that reduce GHGs.

A summary report of a literature review used to determine what was known about California vineyard GHG production and sequestration potential.

A short summary of the key management practices that influence carbon sequestration and GHG emissions in the vineyard.