Registration Deadline: Mar 13, 2013

Event Type: Seminars and Classes

Description: This course will cover the broad range of sustainable winegrowing winery and vineyard practices--from soil and pest management, air and water quality protection, energy and water efficiency, habitat preservation and environmentally preferred purchasing, to enhancing human resources and relationships with neighbors and communities. Sustainable, Organic, and Biodynamic certification programs and other tools for improvement will be discussed, along with marketplace trends for sustainably produced wine and other products. The lecture will be augmented by video, case studies, and interactive exercises, as well as by discussion with a vintner or grower who is using sustainable practices.

Instructor: Allison Jordan
Credit: 4 hours CEU
Fee: $150

• Event Organizer: Sonoma State University- Wine Business Institute
• Venue: Sonoma State University Campus
• Address: 1801 East Cotati Ave.   Rohnert Park, CA   94928
• Time: 1 pm
• Website: www.ssuexed.com/course.php?id=2501&sem=1&year=2013
• Phone: (707) 664-3347
• Email:
• Cost: $150
• Available languages: English