The date of Earth Day 2008 is April 22. More Americans than ever before will reevaluate how their habits and decisions affect the environment this year. Consumer organisations, governmental organisations, and corporations are attempting to find solutions to conserve the land, air, water, and other natural resources. The words “global warming,” “greenhouse gases,” and “carbon footprint” are becoming commonplace.
Environmental preservation has always been a top concern for the California wine business. By launching a best practises programme called the Code of Sustainable Winegrowing in 2002, vintners and farmers formally committed to using sustainable methods. The Top 10 Reasons California Wines are an Eco-Friendly Choice is a list that California’s two largest trade associations, Wine Institute, which represents the state’s vintners, and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), which represents its winegrape growers, have created in honour of Earth Day 2008 to educate consumers about where and how their wines and foods are grown.
We are aware that customers have several options when it comes to wine, according to CAWG President Karen Ross. We want wine drinkers to understand that choosing California wine is a decision for the environment, especially around Earth Day. �
According to Robert P. (Bobby) Koch, President and CEO of Wine Institute, California wine is ahead of the curve in developing and implementing responsible environmental policies. Because it’s the right thing to do for our families, communities, future, and to improve wine quality, our Code of Sustainable Winegrowing establishes criteria and recommendations for decreasing environmental impacts. The Code, which California farmers and vintners use, is organised like a workbook and contains hundreds of sustainable vineyard and winery practises. The Wine Institute and CAWG chose the following techniques for their Top 10 list because they would be most applicable to consumers today:
1. Join California’s Sustainable Winegrowing Program (SWP), which lays out green guidelines and methods from soil to glass.
2. Have embraced renewable energy sources like solar and wind power as well as biodegradable fuel made from plant and animal fats.
3. Use animals such as sheep, goats, chickens, falcons, owls, dogs, beneficial insects, and other creatures to cultivate vineyards and control pests in a low-impact, natural way.
4. Employ eco-friendly building supplies In the building of wineries, materials like recycled lumber, rammed earth, and straw bales were used.
5. When planning vineyards, preserve vernal pools, oak woodlands, and other wildlife habitats, and build nesting boxes for owls, raptors, and other beneficial birds. are at the forefront of efforts to preserve and restore habitat.
6. To stop erosion, attract beneficial insects that eat pests, and enrich healthy soils with biomass and thriving populations of microbes and worms, use cover crops and compost in the vineyards.
7. Implement recycling and solid waste management programmes that are employee-run.
8. Have implemented water-saving techniques in wineries and vineyards, such as drip irrigation systems that use technology to gauge soil moisture and track plant stress.
9. Have promised to track and lessen their carbon footprint by collaborating with global partners to create the Wine Industry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol are freely disseminating the accounting tool throughout the world. are implementing new lighting fixtures, insulating tanks, and adopting energy-efficient packaging as ways to increase their energy efficiency.
10. Are considerate neighbours who not only protect the environment but also generously support charitable and non-profit organisations with an annual contribution of $115 million.
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