SWP Workbook

Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices Self-Assessment Workbook

The Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices Self-Assessment Workbook is the foundation of the sustainable winegrowing program and a tool for program participants to measure their level of sustainability and to learn about ways they can improve their practices. Originally released in 2002, a second edition of the workbook was issued in late 2006. The workbook addresses ecological, economic and social equity criteria through an integrated set of 14 chapters and 227 criteria, which includes a built-in system with metrics to measure performance.

Chapters Include: Viticulture Soil Management Vineyard Water Management Pest Management Wine Quality Ecosystem Management Energy Efficiency Winery Water Conservation And Quality Material Handling Solid Waste Reduction And Management Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Human Resources Neighbors And Community Air Quality

To view the workbook Table of Contents, Acknowledgements and Introduction click here.

Online Version of the Self-Assessment Workbook, Second Edition

The second edition of the workbook is now offered online for California program participants. Among the many benefits of using the online version are active links to resources that can be viewed as you complete the self-assessment, the ability to instantly generate tailored reports of your choosing, a "To Do" list to help keep you on track as you finish the self-assessment and develop action plans for improvement, and much more. If you are already a participant (you have attended a self-assessment workshop and submitted your results) and have not yet received a login and password in the mail, please contact info@sustainablewinegrowing.org.

If you are a California vintner or winegrape grower and would like a userID and password for the online system please click here to complete a participant information sheet.

Download updates to the first edition workbook here!

If you already have the first edition workbook, you can update your workbook by downloading updates that are included in the second edition released in December 2006. Included in the updates are the new Air Quality chapter, an Air Quality assessment page, new Soil Management assessment page, a new criterion on erosion control, and a new educational box on heat stress. Other changes to the second edition are editorial in nature, and do not alter the information in the workbook or how any criteria is ranked. You can also access the complete second edition workbook online if you are already a program participant. If you are already a participant (you have attended a self-assessment workshop and submitted your results) and have not yet received a login and password in the mail, please contact info@sustainablewinegrowing.org.

Workbook Policy

The purposes of the workbook Distribution Policy are to:

• Make the workbook widely available to interested stakeholders including environmental and social equity groups, our neighbors and community groups, and the regulatory community to ensure transparency of the promoted sustainable practices;
• Offer the workbook to interested stakeholders such as other agricultural associations, domestic and international wine communities, vendors and service providers, and others at a reasonable cost; and
• Protect the substantial time and intellectual capital invested by the California wine community into the development of the Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices workbook by appropriately enforcing copyright protection.

CSWA, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers will provide workbooks free of charge to reasonable requests from interested stakeholders including environmental and social equity groups, our neighbors and community groups, and the regulatory community.

CSWA will charge other agricultural associations, domestic and international wine communities, and vendors and service providers $150 per book to help defray printing and shipping costs.

To order a copy of the workbook click here. Photocopying and distributing any portion of the workbook is strictly prohibited.

A licensing fee may be charged for using portions of the workbook in print or electronic media.

All public, nonprofit or private organization, as well as individuals that seek to use any portion of the workbook in print or electronic media, will require written permission from CSWA. CSWA retains the right to refuse requests.