Napa GREEN VINEYARD CERTIFICATION

Napa Green Vineyard certification provides a science-based, whole-system regenerative roadmap and climate action framework for viticulture that covers the entire agroecosystem, from soil to bottle.

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Vineyard Certification

The first sustainable winegrowing certification to focus specifically on climate action, regenerative farming, & social justice.

elements of vineyard certification

Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture

Caring for people

Caring for people

Irrigation Efficiency

Irrigation Efficiency

Cultivating Diversity

Cultivating Diversity

Forest Management

Forest Management

Climate-Smart Burning

Climate-Smart Burning

benefits of membership

Napa Green is a boots on-the-ground regenerative certification program designed specifically for the wine industry. It offers a path to achieving carbon neutrality, strengthening the resilience of the land, business operations, and the community. The program assures consumers of its rigorous standards through validation of practices by an independent third party audit.

  • Wine Industry Leadership: Meet rigorous standards for regenerative farming, climate resilience, and social stewardship ensuring the longevity your land and industry
  • Regenerative Carbon Farm Plans: Get a custom Carbon Farm plan to increase soil and ecosystem health and storing carbon, and identify additional opportunities to regenerate the soil and vineyard ecosystem and simultaneously maximize carbon capture
  • Become Carbon Neutral: Enhance soil health and biodiversity, and simultaneously become carbon negative/climate positive in the vineyard.
  • Irrigation Assessments: Receive evaluation of irrigation efficiency and uniformity throughout the vineyard with recommendations to maximize efficiency and irrigation system performance, linked to vine health and fruit quality.
  • Build Community: Gain access to resources and a like-minded community working through our local industry issues and challenges together.
  • Expert Consulting Team: We provide expert boots on the ground support with hands-on guidance in the transition to regenerative, climate-smart viticulture.
  • Sustainability Story: help share your sustainability story with buyers with clear messaging and branding around sustainability certification.

testimonials

"For every management decision you make you should ask yourself, ‘Am I killing life or am I growing life?’…Farmers are meant to be stewards of life."
Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, Director of Ecdysis Foundation
"Ultimately, this certification improves the grower's relationship to the land and deeply informs farming decisions. The result is grapes which come from richer, more vibrant sites, teaming with life, and wines with greater complexity and harmony. "
Tod Mostero, Director of Viticulture & Winemaking at Dominus Estate
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GREEN vineyard CERTIFICATION costs

Billed annually, these fees cover a fraction of our expert staff time to facilitate certification and annual desk audits, develop resources, training and education workshops & events, and communicate the climate action leadership of our members.

0-25 acres …………………………………………………………. $500
26-50 acres  ……………………………………………………… $1,000
51-100 acres ……………………………………………………… $1,500
101-250 acres …………………………………………………… $2,000
251-500 acres …………………………………………………. $2,500
501-1,000 acres ………………………………………………. $3,500
greater than 1,001 acres ……………………………… $4,500

Onsite Assessment & Report +Review with Team (every 3 years)

Napa Green’s vineyard team has been trained in the Carbon Cycle Institute’s protocol to develop regenerative, whole-farm Carbon Farm Plans (CFPs). These plans review your current beneficial practices that are increasing soil and ecosystem health and storing carbon, and identify additional opportunities to regenerate the soil and vineyard ecosystem and simultaneously maximize carbon capture.

Members ………………………………………………………….. $125/hr
Non-Members …………………………………………………$175/hr

Member Cost Estimates
Small (less than 50 acres) ……………………….. $750
Medium (50-100 acres) …………………………….. $1,000
Large (100+ acres) ……………………………………….. $1,250

Irrigation Distribution Uniformity Onsite Assessment & Report +Review with Team (every 3-4 years)

Our expert vineyard team is trained in the CalPoly protocol to rapidly evaluate the distribution uniformity (DU) of your drip irrigation systems. Delivering the right amount of water, evenly, at the right time is critical to vine growth and grape quality.

Members ………………………………………………………….. $125/hr
Non-Members …………………………………………………$175/hr

Member Cost Estimates
Small (less than 50 acres) ……………………….. $625
Medium (50-100 acres) …………………………….. $875
Large (100+ acres) ……………………………………….. $1,125

Third-Party Auditor Independent Validation of Practices (every 3 years)

Independent validation that you are meeting Napa Green Vineyard practice and performance-based standards, walking the talk, is critical to marketplace assurance. Our network of third-party auditors have gone through training in the Napa Green programming, and will validate implementation of practices that our team has not been able to review.

Vineyard Certification

Improve soil health, increase water efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions in your vineyard.