California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance Wins 2026 V d'Or Award for Best Sustainability Initiative

The alliance's Climate Action Toolkit recognized as a leading sustainability initiative in the global wine and spirits industry.

Published on Feb. 11, 2026

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The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance has been awarded the 2026 V d'Or Business Award for Sustainability, recognizing its Climate Action Toolkit as one of the most impactful and responsible initiatives addressing environmental challenges in the global wine and spirits industry. The toolkit provides winegrowers with structured, science-based guidance to identify climate risks, prioritize climate-smart practices and track progress.

Why it matters

The award highlights the California wine community's sustained leadership in sustainability and climate preparedness. The Climate Action Toolkit equips wine businesses with credible, practical tools to respond to current and future climate impacts, reflecting the importance of planning, technical rigor and collaboration in preparing agricultural systems for a changing climate.

The details

The Climate Action Toolkit was developed in collaboration with an advisory group of industry leaders, scientists and sustainability professionals. It delivers step-by-step guidance to help winegrowers and vintners assess climate risks and move decisively from commitment to implementation. The toolkit builds on the alliance's stewardship of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing, one of the most widely adopted sustainability frameworks in U.S. agriculture.

  • The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance was awarded the 2026 V d'Or Business Award for Sustainability on February 11, 2026.

The players

California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance

A nonprofit collaboration established in 2003 by the Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers to advance sustainable winegrowing in California.

Allison Jordan

The executive director of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.

Vinexposium

The organizer of Wine Paris and the administrator of the V d'Or Business Awards, which acknowledge leading initiatives in the wine and spirits sector.

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What they’re saying

“This award reflects decades of collaboration across California's wine community, grounded in planning and science and focused on preparedness and enduring stewardship.”

— Allison Jordan, Executive Director, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance

What’s next

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance plans to continue expanding the reach and impact of its Climate Action Toolkit, providing winegrowers and vintners with the resources they need to build climate resilience.

The takeaway

The V d'Or award recognizes the California wine industry's leadership in sustainability and its commitment to addressing environmental challenges through collaborative, science-based initiatives like the Climate Action Toolkit. This demonstrates the value of proactive planning and the adoption of practical, scalable solutions to prepare agricultural systems for the impacts of climate change.