The Top Ten Eco-friendly Wineries In The U.S.

We here at HuffPost Green are always striving to green our lifestyles, so we thought we would pass along Greenopia's directory of sustainable United States wineries as our go-to shopping list.

We can't think of a better way to be more green then to drink sustainably produced wine straight from the vine. So take a sip and vote on your favorite!

The top ten rankings were developed based on the following factors: green fruit, eco-friendly wine packing, growing practices, production and transportation, and environmental certifications.

Alma Rosa (Buellton, CA)

Certified organic, the Alma Rosa is the ultimate in sustainable wineries as it not only uses green farming techniques like water conservation but also employs a standard bottle mold for all of its wines, which reduces bottle production waste. The winery itself was designed using green building standards such as local, recycled resources.

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[matkelmore]

03:29 PM on 08/06/2009

Barbara,

I work on the Carbon Neutral Challenge for Oregon Wineries and I have to say, this is an awful list of "green" wineries. Nearly all of these are huge corporate wineries from California. Greenopia's directory is hardly comprehensive and doesn't take into account enough factors. Most of the practices that you note in the descriptions are standard in Oregon, and most wineries go above and beyond the usual sustainable practices. I could list 20 in Oregon alone that are not corporate and that are ten times as dedicated to sustainability as most that you list.

I would hope that next time you do a similar Top Ten you do some research yourself, rather than rely on an incomplete and misguided rating system from another website.

[marlovian]

04:37 PM on 08/05/2009

In vino viridis.

[zagaman94]

04:00 PM on 08/05/2009

every single one of these wineries is from California.
Barbara Fenig is the most ignorant wine drinker in America.

[BannedNBoston]

01:37 PM on 08/05/2009

And no New York State wineries are mentioned thats poor.

[tazj]

01:26 PM on 08/05/2009

is this a joke?

grape vines suck up the water table.

I understand sonoma county put a stop to more of it?

mendocino county is turning into wall to wall vineyards, you won't see an orchard anywhere in another 5 years.

[MichaelRDimock]

07:06 PM on 08/04/2009

Cannot believe they left Mendocino Wine company off the list. All their grapes are either sustainable, organic or biodynamic; they are the nation's first carbon neutral winery; and their co-founder, Paul Dolan, who took Fetzer organic before his departure from there, is in my view, the wine industry's most visible and vocal advocate for sustainable wine production.

[bismillah001]

05:11 PM on 08/04/2009

Hahaha is this Huff.po or "Stuff White People Like"?

Thanks for the laughs.

[Ametista]

02:10 AM on 08/06/2009

So only whites like wine? Gimme a break!

[Ametista]

02:13 AM on 08/06/2009

Actually many of these wineries are run by old hispanic families from before it was the US, so pooh on you mister white hater. And many of the hispanics I know love wine, even the Catholic ones.

[Veritas 1]

04:59 PM on 08/04/2009

While i can't speak to the sustainability or "eco-friendliness" of these wineries, Cakebread and Grgich are the only ones on the list with wines worth drinking. However, they are just decent and certainly not of great quality.

[NilesCrane]

04:48 PM on 08/04/2009

After watching penn and tellers bullchit, the entire organic food industy is a complete scam. There are no studies proving organic is better, and all organic farmers use some sort of pesticides. They also you nonsynthetic pesticides which are worse for the environment then new synthetic pesticides.

Also nobody can tell the difference between organic and non organic. And 20% of all organic food come from china, and because the food at your local market doesnt tell you where it came from, you have no idea. For all you know you can be eating organic food from china which we have no idea of knowing what they do to it. Also, before the industrial revolution, people died all the time from diseases related to their food, and it was all organic back then.

Nothing is ecofriendly unless you live in a cave with nothing but a loin cloth.

[ReadingMonkey]

04:44 PM on 08/04/2009

Why not call it the ten most sustainable wineries in California?

[BigAl72]

04:15 PM on 08/04/2009

Cakebread Cellar wines are excellent. I highly recommend them. I'm not an employee just a big fan.