Worried about the environmental impact of your 5 p.m. red wine habit? Well, start buying your wine from Treasury Wine Estates and worry no more.
The company’s dossier includes over 60 wine brands made with grapes from California vineyards, including Beringer Vineyards, Etude and Stags’ Leap Winery, and all are now certified as 100 percent “sustainable.” The certification is provided by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance and the Sustainability in Practice program.
To meet the standards set by these organizations, TWE’s California vineyards have adopted practices to conserve energy and water, protect wildlife and habitats, protect natural resources, create equitable and safe work environments, and practice sustainable agriculture. Each vineyard implements different practices to meet the standards and their needs, ranging from installing solar panels to meet energy needs and using clean fuel to provide frost protection.
“At Treasury Wine Estates, sustainability is integral to our company culture and long-term success,” said Michael Kluczko, senior vice president of Americas Supply. “We have a long-running commitment to embedding sustainability throughout every part of our business. Today’s announcement is affirmation of our sustainable farming practices and specifically to the actions our supply and viticulture teams have taken over the last three years to achieve this recognition. We rely on the environment to grow our grapes and to make our wine. It’s our responsibility to look after it.”
TWE’s California vineyards are not its first sustainably certified operations. The company’s Australian labels meet the standards of the country’s Entwine program, and in New Zealand, its brands are certified by the Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand program.
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