SIP Certified Celebrates 10 Years of Advancing Sustainability in the Wine Industry
 
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SIP Certified Celebrates 10 Years of Advancing Sustainability in the Wine Industry

June 26, 2018

 

Atascadero, California, June 21, 2018 – Sustainability in Practice (SIP) Certified celebrates 10 years of protecting natural and human resources with its rigorous sustainable vineyard, winery and wine certification program.

SIP Certified launched its pilot program in 2008 with 3,700 acres of vines between Monterey and Santa Barbara counties. Today, there are 43,600 acres of vines in California and Michigan and more than 36 million bottles of wine that have been SIP Certified.

SIP Certified evolved from the innovative and award-winning programs of the Vineyard Team, a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainability since 1994. The Vineyard Team pioneered the Positive Points System (PPS) – the first self-assessment for vineyards utilizing a whole farm, integrated approach to vineyard management. With the creation of SIP Certified in 2008, the organization instituted stricter standards (vineyard farming rules) and shifted from self-assessment to measurable and verifiable third-party certification.

 

Original SIP Certified Vineyards (Since 2008)

For a complete list of the nearly 200 SIP Certified ranches and vineyards visit www.sipcertified.org/vineyards

SIP Certified vineyards include Ampelos Cellars, Castoro Cellars, Hahn Family Wines, Halter Ranch, Hilliard Bruce, Jackson Family Wines, Laetitia Vineyard & Winery, Paragon Vineyard, Smith Family Wines, Pomar Junction Vineyards & Winery and Wolff Vineyards.

 

SIP Certified Wines

SIP Certified wines include bottlings from Ampelos Cellars, Ancient Peaks, Baileyana Winery, Baker & Brain, Byron, Cambria Estate, Carmel Road, Cass, Castoro Cellars, Chamisal, Claiborne & Churchill, Edna Valley, Hahn Family Wines, Halter Ranch, Hilliard Bruce, J Wilkes, La Fenêtre, McIntyre Vineyards, Nielson, Opolo, Paraiso, Peachy Canyon, Pomar Junction, Presqu’ile, Prizm, Riverbench, Robert Hall, Shell Creek, Sostener, Stonestreet, Talley, Tangent, Terra Robles, Timbre, Tolosa and Zocker.

 

SIP Certified Wineries

SIP Certified wineries include Chamisal and Niner with more to be added soon.

“SIP Certified goes well beyond environmental preservation,” said Beth Vukmanic Lopez, SIP Certified Manager. “To maintain certification, our vineyards and wineries must also embrace sound, ethical business practices and treat their employees and community with care and respect. Our mission is to promote healthier land, happier people and more complex and thought-provoking wines.”

 

About SIP Certified

Launched in 2008, Sustainability in Practice (SIP) Certified is one of the wine industry’s oldest and most important third-party assessment programs. It utilizes a whole farm, integrated approach to vineyard management enabling farmers and winemakers to preserve and protect the environment and human resources. SIP Certified boasts strict, non-negotiable requirements and standards based on science, expert input, independent verification, transparency and the absence of conflict of interest. For more information please visit www.sipcertified.org.