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GRAPEGROWING fied. "ODA is a third-party inspector," Martin explains. "CRC provides the certification based on the outcome of the inspection. For wineries in Washington state, CRC works with LIVE's experienced Washington-based vineyard and winery inspector contractor to inspect those locations." Within one year of becoming a CRC member, a winery is required to file a Carbon Reduction Plan that can be updated annually. A template is provided at crchallenge.org/resources/. The plan includes a mission statement, six yearly goals and a checklist of organizational strategy practices for wineries to choose from. These practices address energy leadership, records maintenance, staff engagement and consumer education and outreach. There are checklists for activities associated with three scopes defined as follows: Scope 1 includes emissions over which a company has direct control via ownership of activities; Scope 2 is purchased electricity, heat or steam; Scope 3 involves all indirect emissions that occur as a result of facility or business activities that use goods or resources with potential greenhouse NEW Practical Winery Library! Single-subject articles on a wide range of topics From the archives of Practical Winery & Vineyard gas emissions (crchallenge.org/about/ faqs/#Q8). Scope 1-related activities selected by the members who shared their plans include performing a solar audit (purchasing carbon offsets and RECs are not considered energy-reduction activities and are not counted as such, according to Martin) and addressing vehicle emissions. Having an energy audit performed by a consultant, addressing lighting, installing programmable thermostats and insulating glycol lines and tanks are commonly cited Scope 2-related actions. Scope 3-related options include changing to lightweight bottles and tracking employee business travel. Michael Brown, the director of sales and marketing at Sokol Blosser Winery in Dundee, Ore., notes understanding and reporting on Scope 3 emissions as the biggest challenge wineries face. This sentiment was echoed by Harry PetersonNedry. For example: satisfactory shipping and travel metrics are still lacking. As a result, reporting Scope 3 emissions for business travel, freight transport and offsite waste is currently optional. "As part of continual improvement, the CRC reporting tool also includes an optional measurement guide for emissions from fermentation of wine," Brown adds. "During the primary fermentation process in wine production, sugar is converted to alcohol, which releases carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol consider the fermentation process to be a part of the 'short-term carbon cycle,' and as a result the emissions need not be reported in Scope 1. Instead this process is noted as biogenic emissions." Implementation of CRC program Three wineries have shared their plans. Many other wineries are still working on them. For example, Melissa Burr, winemaker at Stoller Family Estate in Dayton, Ore., says, "After a full year of energy audit…the winery will work with Michele (Martin) to establish a plan of action." This is expected to be completed by summer 2013. "The Carbon Reduction Challenge is a challenge upon a challenge for Stoller since we have already designed a very energy-efficient, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-Certified winery," adds Burr. "We will work to find ways to reduce our carbon usage, and I look forward to putting together this plan once we have our baseline metrics from the 2012 energy audit." KELVIN COOPERAGE founded in 1963, is owned and operated by the McLaughlin family. • American white oak naturally aged in Louisville for 24 or 36 months from Kentucky and Minnesota. • French oak naturally aged in France for 36 months from Central/Northern France. • Hydra™ and Slow toasting methods available. • Limited annual production: 5,000 new Bordeaux/Burgundy barrels. • RESERVE American oak barrel, naturally aged 36 to 48 months. Controlled grain selection. Limited production. The Boswell Company (Western U.S. sales) PracticalWineryLibrary.com Tel: 415.457.3955, Fax: 415.457.0304 www.boswellcompany.com email: staff@boswellcompany.com pr actica l win ery & vin e ya rd JU LY 20 13 61