The Four Top Podcast: “Anna-Dotes,” aka The Six Pillars of Sustainability

The Economics of Sustainability w/ Anna Brittain, Napa Green Hello Wine World; we’re back! We kick off The Four Top’s sustainability season with Anna Brittain, executive director of Napa Green and Napa RISE. Anna lays out “the six pillars of sustainability,” sharing anecdotes—we call them “Anna-dotes”—to illustrate each one. Prepare to be surprised by Ep. […]

Napa RISE offers the wine industry a roadmap towards greater diversity

Napa RISE keynote speaker Maryam Ahmed. Credit: Kiki Romanik Napa RISE offers the wine industry a roadmap towards greater diversity Napa Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, Empowerment (RISE), is a six-event symposium organised around the six pillars of sustainable wine growing leadership held each spring in the Napa Valley. This spring one session in particular looked at […]

From Wood Chips and Mushroom Extracts to Vintner Coalitions: Government Funded Ecosystem Restoration Projects Enhance Vineyard Resilience

Chris Ott at Napa Rise Groundwater Recharge: Vintners Support Alexander Valley-MAR Government Funding and Private Support for Resilience Is Growing From Wood Chips and Mushroom Extracts to Vintner Coalitions: Government Funded Ecosystem Restoration Projects Enhance Vineyard Resilience Chris Ott, former Environment Director of the Dry Creek Rancheria, recently told an audience of wine industry professionals […]

RISE Climate & Wine Symposium Activates 750 Guests and Raises $75,000 for Industry Climate Action Implementation

RISE Climate & Wine Symposium Activates 750 Guests and Raises $75,000 for Industry Climate Action Implementation NAPA, Calif., April 27, 2023 – The RISE Climate & Wine Symposium was an immense success, with over 750 guests across the six events, including more than 60 leading speakers and 40 “Sustainable Services & Solutions” sponsors and partners. This […]

“Plant Based and Climate Friendly”: SF Chronicle’s Esther Mobley Tells Wineries to Woo Younger Consumers with Green Messaging

Photo Pam Strayer “Plant Based and Climate Friendly”: SF Chronicle’s Esther Mobley Tells Wineries to Woo Younger Consumers with Green Messaging Esther Mobley, senior wine critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, told a St. Helena audience Thursday that the wine industry should message wine’s climate friendly benefits in order to reach Gen Z and Millennial […]

Running Dry: Groundwater Depletion Expert Says California Water Crisis Urgently Needs State Action

Jay Famiglietti tells Napa RISE that California is, so far, failing to address critical water infrastructure projects and that its efforts amount to too little, too late. By Pam Strayer Groundwater losses combining the USGS’s Central Valley Hydrologic Model (CVHM) and the GRACE/FO estimates since 1962. The black line represents the overall groundwater depletion from […]

Napa RISE Wine & Climate Symposium Highlights Waste Reduction Efforts Wineries Can Take, Awards RISE Leadership Award to Domaine Carneros

Conscious Container founder Caren McNamara discusses reusing bottles during an April 12 Napa RISE Wine & Climate Symposium workshop. Photo Katherine Martine Domaine Carneros enologist and sustainability lead Riley Sanchez explains the company’s packaging reuse program. Photo Katherine Martine Napa RISE Wine & Climate Symposium Highlights Waste Reduction Efforts Wineries Can Take, Awards RISE Leadership […]

6 Wine Trends Impacting Climate Change And Consumer Taste

Jancis Robinson, MW, featured speaker at Napa RISE THACH 6 Wine Trends Impacting Climate Change And Consumer Taste This week in Napa Valley the RISE climate and wine symposium series kicked off, featuring headline speaker, Jancis Robinson, MW. Known as one of the world’s greatest wine writers and trend predictors, Robinson spoke for an hour on what the […]

Jancis Robinson at Napa Rise: “The Younger You Are, the More Concerned You Are.”

Famous wine writer Jancis Robinson shared her concerns at a Napa RISE event. Jancis Robinson at Napa Rise: “The Younger You Are, the More Concerned You Are.” On April 5, 2023, the world’s most famous wine writer, Jancis Robinson, made a rare in-person appearance in St. Helena, Calif., at Napa Green’s Napa Rise sustainability event, highlighting her pet […]

Water use still major concern, despite historic rainfall

The snow-covered Dunn Vineyards winery on Howell Mountain northeast of St. Helena in February 2023. Courtesy of Randy Dunn Water use still major concern, despite historic rainfall ST. HELENA — While the recent atmospheric rivers may have brought some relief to drought-ridden California, a leading water expert explained why the months of deluge will not […]

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