Viticulture

Environmentally Focused Viticulture

Bridge Pa Vineyards is a Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ) accredited vineyard.

"New Zealand has long been famed for its stunning unspoilt landscape. New Zealand's small population, isolated location and agricultural economy have earned the country a "clean, green" image. New Zealand grape growers and winemakers aim to keep it that way by protecting the environmental integrity of their wine production. To this end a pioneering set of industry standards have been developed, known as Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ). SWNZ provides the framework for companies to continually work towards improving all aspects of their performance in terms of environmental, social and economic sustainability in both the vineyard and the winery.

Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand was established by volunteer grape growers in August 1995 as an industry initiative directed through New Zealand Winegrowers. SWNZ was commercially introduced in 1997 and has been adopted by growers from all the grape growing regions. The introduction of a winery program in 2002 has been a significant development, which further substantiates the industry claim " New Zealand Wine, the riches of a clean green land".

Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand was developed to:

Provide a "best practice" model of environmental practices in the vineyard and winery.

Guarantee better quality assurance from the vineyard through to the bottle.

Address consumer concerns in matters pertaining to the environment and winegrape production.
From www.nzwine.com/intro/