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

Tips for how to incorporate sustainability messages into your communications strategy. 

This tool helps growers and vintners evaluate the potential benefits and investments associated with the first year of certification.

Benefits of being Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing certified. 

A two page overview of Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing program. 

In 2012, CSWA introduced the online Performance Metrics tool to complement its Sustainable Winegrowing Program. Performance metrics are the measurable outcomes of business practices. Growers and vintners can confidentially track and store their metrics data and access associated educational information in the secure online system. 

A Roadmap to Address Climate Challenges and Build Resiliency. A companion handout to the CSWA Climate Smart Report, a customized report that summarizes the 71 climate beneficial practices included in the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing (4th Edition). The report can be generated in the Sustainable Winegrowing Program Online System after a vineyard or winery self-assessment is completed.

Learn how winegrape growers in the Central Valley (Region 5) can use the tool to create an Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Plan (INMP) to comply with the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. 

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. 

This document contains a list of links to resources, trainings, and online courses on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Harassment, Prejudice, Implicit Bias, and Anti-Racism among other topics. 

This document is an excerpt from Chapter 14 of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook - 4th Edition. It contains definitions, summaries, and links to external resources on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Unconscious/Implicit Bias, Microaggression, Non-Racist vs. Anti-Racist, and training programs.

Hedgerows improve soil health, attract beneficial insects, increase biodiversity, sequester carbon and more. 

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

This handout by Bill Birmingham of Napa RCD addresses proper culvert design and placement and accompanies the Preparing the Vineyard for Winter Webinar. 

This handout accompanies a CSWA webinar on Preparing the Vineyard for Winter given by Rich Casale, Certified Professional Erosion and Sediment Control Specialist.

Este folleto ofrece una breve descripción de cómo realizar una prueba de campo de uniformidad de riego para determinar con cuánta uniformidad se está aplicando el agua a las vides.

Handout describes a suite of economic assessment tools for various sustainable winegrowing topics. 

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

A handout about trunk disease prevention practices and the Economic Tool that enables growers to compare long-term cost savings from early adoption. See companion resources: interactive tool and video tutorial on trunk disease.

A four-page information guide to CSWA’s Economic Tools for assessing the costs and benefits of sustainable winegrowing.