Sustainability Reporting From Snoqualmie Winery/Vineyards
We just finished publishing our review of DrinkTheEarth.com’s Wine of the Week, the Snoqualmie Winery 2007 Naked Riesling. Like many of its organic counterparts, this Prosser, Washington winery makes wines from organically grown grapes, and extends their sustainability efforts to the production process as well.
However, we were impressed that they have seemingly taken this effort a step further, publishing an annual Sustainable & Organic Report. First published in 2007, and again in 2008, this five-page report provides specific details on how the winery did against their previous sustainability and organic goals, as well as what it hopes to accomplish in the coming year ahead. While other wineries are talking about their green efforts, how many are putting it in writing, and making available to the public in this manner? If you know of other wineries, or even brewers or distillers who are doing this (whether certified organic or not), we’d love to hear about them. In the meantime, we challenge other producers to achieve this level of transparency.