IWCA Newsletter MARCH 2023 |
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IWCA Launches New “Friends” Initiative Today, we launched the IWCA Friends initiative: a new way for climate action champions across the wine value chain to support our mission and grow our movement alongside IWCA Member wineries. IWCA Friends—wine sector professionals and entities, suppliers and distributors, and retailers—share the same core commitment as IWCA Member wineries: to tackle greenhouse gas emissions across their operations and supply chain. | | |
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Our First Knowledge Exchange Seminar We recently held our very first IWCA Knowledge Exchange Seminar—a new, member-exclusive initiative to facilitate knowledge sharing on concrete strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We invited two IWCA wineries, Château Troplong Mondot (France) and Familia Torres (Spain), to share their experiences working with biomass boilers. These frank discussions—off-the-record, by wineries, for wineries—are one of the valuable opportunities that IWCA facilitates for our member wineries (though you can read highlights of the conversation here!). |
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Member Winery Upgrades! IWCA’s membership requirements are the most rigorous standards for climate action in the wine industry—so it’s a big deal when wineries reach a new membership level. We are delighted that Spottswoode Estate & Winery (California, USA) and VSPT Wine Group (Chile) achieved IWCA Gold Level, a result of their consistent reductions in emissions and investments in renewable energy (at least 20% of their operations are powered by onsite renewables). Congratulations are also in order for Famille Perrin (France) and Voyager Estate (Australia), two former Applicant wineries who reached IWCA Silver Level having completed a comprehensive baseline emissions inventory across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 and committing to reaching net zero by 2050. |
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Meet Us at ProWein 19-21 March 2023 | Düsseldorf Are you attending ProWein? 20+ IWCA wineries will be attending; find their booth locations here and ask them about IWCA and their climate action initiatives! |
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Recap: Barcelona Wine Week 6-8 February 2023 | Barcelona IWCA was featured on a few panels at Barcelona Wine Week in February, including: “Acting on climate emergency: Business collaboration towards decarbonization,” during which Miguel A. Torres, President of Familia Torres and co-founder of IWCA, showcased our winery-driven movement for climate action. IWCA Board Member Josep María Ribas Portella, Climate Change Director at Familia Torres, spoke on a panel discussing the potential of bottle reuse to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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Recap: Sustainable Wine Roundtable Conference 1 February 2023 | Virtual Did you catch us at the Sustainable Wine Roundtable virtual conference? We were featured at two panels: IWCA Board Member Julien Gervreau shared perspectives on how to get started measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. IWCA Board Member Josep María Ribas Portella spoke on a panel about bottle weight reductions.
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| | Amid Climate Change, Spain’s Torres Family Bets on Ancient Grapes >> |
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| | USDA Climate Smart Ag Grant Funds Five Year, $2 Million Soil Carbon Inventory Project for Fine Wine Producers >> |
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| | VSPT Becomes a Gold Member of IWCA >> |
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| | Climate Action Week: Ambitious plans at Yealands Wine Group >> |
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Concerned about the climate crisis? Inspired by the impact that’s possible? Interested in learning alongside some of the world’s most innovative wineries? Contact us to learn how to become a member winery. *** For the first time, we have a new way for supporters of our mission who aren’t wineries to get involved! Learn more about our IWCA Friends initiative and join our movement. |
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