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

CSWA has developed a new interactive timeline that documents the commitment and accomplishments that earned the California wine industry its reputation as global leaders in sustainability.

This tool is intended to help winegrape growers and vintners understand which environmental permits and licenses apply to the vineyard and/or winery and provides background information and resources to determine next steps to comply with relevant permits and/or obtain licenses. These permits and licenses apply to areas such as water quality, water supply, air quality, and hazardous materials and wastes. 

This webinar demonstrates how to use an interactive tool to evaluate and implement sustainable practices for winery water quality and how the tool can help wineries to comply with the January 2021 Statewide Winery General Order. 

This interactive online tool is designed to help California wineries identify and address their water management needs.

This tool contains three parts designed to identify, implement and manage energy efficiency opportunities within a winery.  Upon clicking DOWNLOAD, an Excel file will download to your desktop. Note: This tool is also available as an MS Word worksheet.  The Word version does not allow for automatic calculations and other customizations.  The Word version of the tool and video tutorial can be located by searching "Energy Audits" as a keyword in the search bar. 

Complete the questionnaire to help meet the certification prerequisite for 2-2 Environmental Compliance Planning.

Complete the questionnaire to help meet the certification prerequisite for 2-2 Environmental Compliance Planning.

This tool can be used to create a cost efficient dust control strategy to protect air quality. 

Compare the financial cost of air blast dilute sprayers and electrostatic sprayers.

This video tutorial provides a demonstration of the Certification Cost Benefit Evaluation Tool. 

This tool is designed to help growers create an effective sustainable water management strategy that helps save both water and money, as detailed in Chapter 5 of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook.  Note: See companion "How To" video tutorial. 

 This Grapevine Trunk Disease web-based tool is designed to help growers assess the costs and economic benefits of implementing various preventative practices at different ages of vineyard maturity.

This tool walks users through the steps needed to identify the highest water using activities ("hot spots") at the winery, and results in a conceptual facility water balance to understand where water is being used throughout the winery. Reference the Video Tutorial: Winery Water Efficiency and Hot Spots, and Budgeting Tool for greater insights. 

This tool estimates current cost of water, including the costs of acquiring water, using the water, and disposing of that water. 

This tool provides wineries with easy-to-follow steps for estimating the volume of solid waste generated at their facility by type: pomace and lees, diatomaceous earth, barrels, glass, cardboard, paper, capsules, cork, plastic, wood pallets, packaging, bins, food, landscaping yard waste, and metals. Note: see companion "how-to" video tutorial. 

This tool evaluates the expected benefits and investments associated with the first year of certification.