Employees at Niner Wine Estates have the opportunity to allocate $2,000 every year to a charity of their choice, and every month, they donate their time to prepare and serve meals to those in need.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Vineyard uses reverse osmosis to treat their salty irrigation water, then grows salt-tolerant Jose Grass with the wastewater, which grows on a hill to prevent erosion. Their system solves two problems at once!

At Wolff Vineyards, Jean-Pierre Wolff’s subsurface irrigation system delivers water and nutrients directly to vine roots 3 feet underground, naturally reducing weed growth by bypassing shallow-rooted weeds.

Bon Niche Cellars replaced mowing and herbicides with goats, sheep, and Kunekune pigs, transforming weed control into a natural, low-maintenance solution.

McIntyre Vineyards planted 147 native plants to create a monarch butterfly sanctuary. It now thrives with minimal maintenance and serves as habitat for many pollinators, a form of erosion control, and an attraction for wildlife.

At Center Of Effort, simple changes to reduce energy use in the winery have allowed them to become fully powered by the sun; from night air cooling to adjusting equipment time of use. On top of that, their solar system paid for itself in just 4 years!

To improve crew safety and communication in an area without reliable cell service, Foxen Vineyard and Winery installed a solar-powered Wi-Fi access point in their upper vineyard. Now, workers can use their cell phones in case of emergencies.