Contact Us – Napa Green

CONTACT US

NAPA GREEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Anna Brittain
Executive Director
anna@napagreen.org
805.636.3329

NAPA GREEN WINERY CERTIFICATION

Megan Scott
Sustainability Program Specialist
megan@napagreen.org
707.200.7813

NAPA GREEN VINEYARD CERTIFICATION

Ben Mackie
Climate & Soil Specialist
ben@napagreen.org
707.204.0556

GENERAL INQUIRIES

WeGotThis@napagreen.org

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Congrats to @spottswoodewinery on achieving Vineya

Congrats to @spottswoodewinery on achieving Vineyard Certification as well as being @mcecleanenergy Deep Green and Herbicide Free Bee Kind!

Did you know that in addition to producing some of the most sought after wines on the planet @spottswoodewinery also works with:

- @iwcawine International Wineries for Climate Action
- @bcorpuscan First B Corp Winery In Napa Valley!
- @1percentftp certified AND
- True Zero Waste Certified.

Keep on Spottswoode! 🌍♻️

Congratulations @sequoiagrove on achieving Vineyar

Congratulations @sequoiagrove on achieving Vineyard Certification AND @mcecleanenergy Deep Green status!!

Great work team and thanks for the photo assist to winery dog Koda!

Check out their sign as you pass on Highway 29.

Well done Sequoia Grove, we’re so proud to partner with you!

Congratulations @napa_valley_grapegrowers on your

Congratulations @napa_valley_grapegrowers on your 47th Anniversary!

Team Green had a great time attending the celebration event. Here’s to another 47 years NVG.

We extend a heartfelt congratulations to Arnulfo Solorio for being named Grower of the Year. Much deserved and an inspiration to us all!

Resources: Water Efficiency and Coping with Drough

Resources: Water Efficiency and Coping with Drought.

Today the @naparcd is hosting a virtual workshop starting at 3pm pst on coping with drought, offering several useful resources, and on June 7th Napa THRIVES is offering hands on workshops, speakers and a panel on Water Savings and Efficiency.

For more information and to register please head to the link in our bio.
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Resources: May and June offer two excellent opport

Resources: May and June offer two excellent opportunities to join the environmental conference, Green Wine Future and local Climate Symposium, Napa THRIVES.

Both will offer top of their field industry leaders, scientists, authors and founders that are climate action focused.

Find more information and tickets at the link in bio.

Napa THRIVES: Six event series June 7th - 23rd & A

Napa THRIVES: Six event series June 7th - 23rd & Acceleration Gala on July 30th 2022 in Napa Valley.

Please follow @napathrives & join us for an IG Live at 9:30am pst today to discuss the event and the six pillars of sustainability leadership upon which this series is based.

See you soon!

At Napa Green, everyday really is Earth Day! We

At Napa Green, everyday really is Earth Day!

We wanted to thank you all sincerely for such an amazing Earth Month.

It was beautiful getting to see so many of you in person at @earthdaynapa and out in the vineyards.

Please know this is just the beginning and there are great things coming up like @napathrives in June!

Please keep tagging us in pictures of sustainability in action and stay tuned for great new Napa Green winery reels!

Let’s keep it going 🌎
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📸: @earthdaynapa & @whitneyradekphotography

Happy Earth Day! 🌱 We’re getting ready for

Happy Earth Day! 🌱

We’re getting ready for a full afternoon of Earth Day action and celebration but before we kick off we are taking a moment to reflect in gratitude on the recent rising tide of interest and actionable steps in sustainability here in our beautiful Napa Valley.

There is much to celebrate with several producers recently attaining the new Napa Green Vineyard Certification like @spottswoodewinery, @opusonewinery, @cliffamily @dominusestatewinery & @sequoiagrove with many more coming online soon!

Please come join us this evening in Calistoga at Pioneer Park at 5:30pm for an Earth Day concert and wine tasting to celebrate. Look for the green shirts! We’ll see you there. 🌎
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📸: @briana_marie

Earth Day is next week and we invite you to come s

Earth Day is next week and we invite you to come see Team Green in person at two celebrations!

Find us at:

Earth Day Calistoga on April 22nd from 5:30pm on enjoying great wine and music at Pioneer Park with wineries like @baldacciwinery, @cakebreadcellars & @bennettlanewinery

AND..

Earth Day Napa at Oxbow on Sunday April 24th from 1:00 - 4:00pm where we’ll be pouring more phenomenal Napa Green wines!

For more check out @visitcalistoga & @earthdaynapa & @oxbowpublicmarket.

We have had such a beautiful Earth Month interacting with so many of you and seeing the interest, passion and work in sustainability sky rocket here in Napa Valley. We can’t wait to celebrate with you in person next week. Keep on and Happy Earth Month all!

Register to join us at this no cost event hosted b

Register to join us at this no cost event hosted by Nickel & Nickel to discuss All Things Bottle Sustainability!

From ways to lighten up your glass, glass reuse and recycling, closures, cork, and more.

Date and Time:
Tue, April 19, 2022
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT

Location :
@nickelandnickelwinery

9:30 Anna Brittain, Executive Director, Napa Green: Introduction @abrittain

9:35 Erica Harrop, Founder, Global Package:
Considerations for lightening glass, featuring Elegant Light Line. Using recycled glass bottles, featuring Wild Glass @globalpackagellc

9:55 Jeff Doyle, Director Commercial, Halo Glass Recycling: Recycled glass options
Reduced carbon footprint of California glass

10:15 Caren McNamara, Founder/CEO, Conscious Container: Global refillable bottle systems and standardization.
Building infrastructure for glass wine bottle washing and reuse @consciouscontainer

10:35 Scott Ritter, Director of Sales, MCC Label: Recycled content and recyclability of labels & label backing. Building partnerships to reduce production waste @mcclabel

10:50 PJ Awe, Creative Director and Sales, Amorim America:
The resource use and carbon balance of cork. Cork options for different budgets/needs. Cork recycling @amorimcorkamerica

11:10 Todd Jones, Director of Sales & Marketing, Keystone Capsules:
New tin capsule manufacturer. Recycling & partnership with Teacher’s Resource Center
@keystonecapsules

11:30 Upper Valley Disposal and Napa Recycling & Waste Services:
What can really be recycled? Claims of recyclability v. reality @uppervalleydisposal

12:00 Wrap-up

This is a very powerful step a winery can take to reduce their carbon footprint. Click the link in our bio to register. We’ll see you there!

Climate Action & Regenerative Farming. We introd

Climate Action & Regenerative Farming.

We introduce our next Pillar of Sustainability, that all other 5 Pillars contribute to, with these powerful words:

“In the 2020 Glass Fire, we lost almost everything. We have a choice: to adapt and learn proactively or be forced to change by tragedy.

We also have to ask ourselves if we are prepared for our vineyard to burn again. We have 100% cover crop and the dry grass may have been a factor in our loss. But we won't stop farming organically or remove cover crop, because nurturing the health of our soils is the highest priority.

In some ways this is an opportunity. We will be planting new varieties better suited to high heat and drought. Ultimately, probably 50% of the vineyard will be more climate resilient varieties. Water has always been limited for us, so in replanting we are installing double drip lines for even more targeted irrigation.

Each one of our full-time crew, most with 10+ years of tenure, has a dedicated area to manage. Any vines that are here today, and will be here tomorrow, are because of the team – their tenacity and dedication, their love and connectedness. We have to have faith that this place will ultimately prevail.”

- Ashley Anderson-Bennett, Vineyard Manager, Cain Vineyard & Winery

To read more head to the link in bio and look in this morning’s @naparegister to see the full page feature on Ashley discussing Climate Action & Regenerative Farming @cain_vineyard_and_winery.
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📸: @briana_marie

Happy Earth Month! We are going BIG this month and

Happy Earth Month! We are going BIG this month and we invite you to come along!

As we head towards Earth Day on Friday April 22nd we have much to share and discuss with several in person events and celebrations happening through out Napa Valley and an announcement of a game changing Sustainability Leadership Symposium happening in June.

But for now we start by warmly thanking you for being with us and being such strong support.

Our recent numbers are in and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the growth we’ve seen with both our Napa Green Vineyard & Napa Green Winery programs with references above of land covered and wineries Certified. Our resilient Valley is full of incredible people and businesses that are doing great things and this is just the beginning.

For a sneak peak of what’s to come please follow @napathrives and stay tuned for Event & Celebration Invites, New Winery Features, Vintner Interviews and more.

Let Earth Month commence! Please tag us in all of your Sustainability and Earth Month celebrations! 🌎🌿
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📸: @briana_marie

This week we send our thanks and gratitude to our

This week we send our thanks and gratitude to our Napa Valley Farmworkers in celebration of National Farmworkers Awareness Week!

We're placing a special highlight on an organization doing good things in the community by providing educational opportunities and more for our local farm workers.

Please head over the www.farmworker foundation.org to learn how to support their initiatives that help develop skills in vineyard operations, safety, leadership and management!

Or head right to the link in our bio.
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📸: @briana_marie

It’s National Women in Wine Day and we can think

It’s National Women in Wine Day and we can think of no better way to celebrate than by highlighting the INCREDIBLE team of Champion Winery @chimneyrockwinery!

The work they do to highlight our next pillar of sustainability, Social Equity, is exceptional. Here is more directly from the team:

“We have two women leading an all-Latino winemaking team. Our small cellar team of six has all been here 15 plus years, with a 50:50 split of women to men.

At least once a year we visit another winery that is a leader in sustainability. This helps keep everyone engaged and thinking about both low-hanging fruit and long-term dreams for saving water and energy, reducing emissions, and building resilience.

Laura Orozco, our Assistant Winemaker, is bullish about recycling and composting and keeping the team trained. We focus on development and opportunities for advancement, and have a budget for education to support professional and personal growth. Edgar Lona joined as a cellar intern in 1997, and is now the Cellar Master & Facility Supervisor.

We are working with @rootsfund to hire interns for harvest to broaden and diversify our talent pool. We also try to be generous with work-life balance, especially with the home-schooling challenges during COVID.

Napa Green has broadened our perspective of what sustainability really means – it is so much more than how we grow our grapes.

Diversity and social inclusion are a part of our fabric, essential to sustain our business and make us better.”

- Elizabeth Vianna, Winemaker & General Manager, Chimney Rock Winery

Resources: Three Workshops coming up for our growe

Resources: Three Workshops coming up for our growers and vintners!

1. Conservation Burning & Alternatives hosted by @cakebreadcellars.
- April 15th, 9:00am -1:00pm

2. All things Bottle Sustainability hosted by @nickelandnickelwinery.
- April 19th, 9:30am - 12:30pm

3. Soil Sustainability hosted by @opusonewinery with lunch provided.
- April 29th, 9:00am -2:00pm

Head to www.napagreen.org in our Events section to RSVP or click the link in bio. See you there.

Six Pillars of Sustainability: Integrated Pest Man

Six Pillars of Sustainability: Integrated Pest Management.

Did you catch the @naparegister featured piece titled ‘Doesn’t it Bug You?’ last week with @inglenook1879?

Here is an excerpt of what Integrated Pest Management means to one of our Champion, Gold Level Wineries, the iconic Inglenook Estate from Proprietor Eleanor Coppola:

“In the 1980’s, when we were reviving the Inglenook estate, we committed to organic farming practices. In 1994 we were among the first growers in the Napa Valley to have our estate vineyards certified organic.

Our vineyard team is focused on the ecological stability of the whole farm system, with long-term practices that build soil and vine health, which buffers against pests, disease, drought and other extreme conditions.

Our Vineyard Supervisor, Francisco Ortega, has been with us since 1984, and most of the crew has been here for a decade or more. They’ve watched everything grow, they understand particular issues in each area, and they cultivate natural defenses.

This includes welcoming natural predators – releasing beneficial mites, installing bluebird, bat and owl boxes. Our Director of Vineyard & Cellar Operations, Enrique Herrero, feels that the careful attention and vigilance in the vineyard, with each vine visited 10 times a year, also means we quickly catch and address problems that could affect the quality of the grapes.

As I see it, there are no good reasons not to farm organically. Nature supports us when we support her.”

- Eleanor Coppola, Proprietor, Inglenook
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📸: @briana_marie