NAPA GREEN NEWS Happy harvest! The intervening time since last harvest has passed quickly, with our: Herbicide-phaseout announcement Eight workshops and events Reaching 80 vineyards and 40 growers certified to the Napa Green Vineyard regenerative certification (launched 2022) Leading 45+ Integrated Resource Assessments – one-stop energy, water, waste, and emissions reviews – for member wineries Awarding over $35,000 in matching grants to support implementation of […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Hello Napa Green Community, As we close out another eventful year, I’m reflecting on all I have to be grateful for, including our team, members and community. Thank you for joining us at the RISE Symposium and other workshops and events, for getting certified or re-certified, and for championing the Six Pillars […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Hello Napa Green Community, As you’re coming up for air after harvest, we have some important updates and opportunities to share. In large part this newsletter is about “companion plants,” as Grgich has termed them, or weeds. In our pursuit to set the highest bar for sustainability and climate action in the wine industry, […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Hello Napa Green Community, How is it already June, and when will summer weather arrive? I know it was a busy spring for all of us. We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for the RISE Climate & Wine Symposium in April. We had roughly 750 guests across the six events, with dozens of […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Hello Napa Green Community, I hope everyone is feeling more even keel at the start of this week than we were in the wake of the shocking news on Silicon Valley Bank last week. As we’ve watched this unfold, we’ve been thinking about our members who are navigating this difficult situation. […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Happy 2023 and Year of the Rabbit! This is meant to be a year of hope and our year has certainly started off hopeful. Marisa Taylor, former winemaker at Rutherford Hill, officially joined our team in January. We are now five employees and three consultants strong! Our message of sustainability leadership and […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS This giving season please support the passionate work of the Napa Green team. Being a nonprofit means constant fundraising. Our small but mighty four-person team depends on donations and grants for more than 50% of our budget. We are happy to have joined the Give!Guide this year. Even if you can only give $10 that […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Please join us for our Napa Green Town Hall and happy hour at Trefethen Family Vineyards on Tuesday, November 8 from 4-6 pm. Anyone in the community is welcome – whether you’re a member, you might be considering Napa Green certification, or you just want to learn more about our work. Our […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS From everything we are hearing it is going to be an exceptional vintage, and we are grateful that with the support of our community, Napa Green has also had an exceptional year. We officially rolled out our new, cutting-edge Napa Green Vineyard certification standards (which have replaced the former Land program). Our first 10 […]
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NAPA GREEN NEWS Hello Napa Green Community, Happy Earth Month! This is a prime time to share some of your sustainability stories on social media. Please remember to tag #NapaGreen. If you make it to the end of this newsletter, you will be rewarded with a few examples of great posts from some of your fellow Napa Green […]
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