Comunications training for hospitality and sales staff step-by-step guide.

This guide helps winery staff communicate their sustainability and CCSW certification. It provides steps and tips for learning more about the certification program, integrating sustainability into communications, training staff to communicate sustainability messaging and includes tools to support communications.

A PDF version of the presentation for the April 20, 2023 Communicating Sustainability Webinar.

Template for winery staff to help create message points to communciate about thier sustainability certification. 

Slides to use or modify for presentations about CCSW to employees, trade and other stakeholders.

FAQs about the Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing program for winery hospitality, communications and sales staff, and wine trade. 

An editable Word version of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Ambassador Course post-course worksheet. 

A report of certified wines  as of March 8, 2023 Vintages include 2017-2022.

A one-hour free certification course offering an overview about sustainable practices in California vineyards and wineries.

A report of certified wines that feature the wine logo or written certification claims on the bottle as of July 1, 2021. Vintages include 2017-2020. 

This document contains the slides from a webinar held on June 5, 2020, on Consumer and Trade Perceptions of Sustainable Wine which featured research conducted by Christian Miller of Full Glass Research and Lulie Halstead of Wine Intelligence. 

This handout features the highlights from the inaugural US Sustainable Winegrowing Summit held in Sonoma County, California in June 2019. 

This is an excerpt from the guidebook on logo usage and communication guidelines for Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing.

CSWA and partner organizations from New York, Oregon and Washington commissioned Wine Intelligence to conduct research on consumer perceptions of sustainable winegrowing in 2019. 

This video explores what the Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing wine logo represents. The round certification logo can be found on the back of wine labels for wines that have been made from certified grapes in a certified winery and have passed a Chain of Custody Audit. 

This video captures the grower perspective on sustainable winegrowing by answering the prompt "Sustainability Is..." Many high impact practices are mentioned in this collection of insights from growers who particpate in Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing program.

 A two-page handout which covers the benefits of CCSW, a summary of certification requirements, and example sustainable topics and practices. 

A 03:35 minute video featuring Francis Ford Coppola Winery on the value, commitment and benefits of becoming a Certified California Sustainable Winery and Vineyard.

A brief overview of Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing program in a printable, postcard format.

2016 research, commissioned by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), shows that a majority of the U.S. wine trade considers sustainability when making purchasing decisions and expects demand to increase over the next decade.

An overview of the California Sustainable Winegrowing program (SWP).

This month features Julie Nord of Nord Vineyard Services discussing community engagement, employee practices, and cover crops.

This month features Green Medal Winner Benziger Family Winery discussing biodiversity and the deployment of sheep in their vineyard. 

This month features Kent Mann, vice president of operations for Trinchero's Lodi facility, discussing innovations in packaging and labeling.

This month features Vineyard Manager Chris Hammell of Bien Nacido Vineyards discussing water management and conservation. 

This month features an interview with Fetzer's sustainability manager, Josh Prigge discussing sustainability practices, employee engagement, and solid waste management.

This edition of the CSWA Highlights Newsletter features the following: trade and consumer survey results, three wineries' examples of how they communicate their sustainable practices to the public, and practical tips for communicating sustainable practices.

A 3:15 minute video that highlights California Sustainable Winegrowing

A 5:18 minute video discussing the next steps for the Sustainable Winegrowing Program.

A 2:59 minute video announcing the launch of the Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing program.

An interpretation of a 2008 survey of the California wine industry, which aimed to identify motivations and constraints for the adoption of sustainable practices, perceived impacts of the practices, and the effectiveness of the Sustainable Winegrowing Program (SWP).

A 7:45 minute video about the California Sustainable Winegrowing Program.