At Spruce Hill Winery, we are always seeking out ways to lessen our impact on the environment

Sustainability

Here are a few ways our winemaking practices align with our values.

  • Sustainability objectives for grape growers include preserving natural resources, watershed protection, soil health, low-input farming, employee and community stewardship, and climate resiliency. In the 2023 vintage, we Sustainable WA sourced 70% of our grapes from the following certified sustainable vineyards:

    Angiolina - Sustainable WA

    Copeland - Sustainable WA

    Dineen - Sustainable WA

    Inland Desert - Vinewise Sustainable, WSU

    Lonesome Springs Ranch - Vinewise Sustainable, WSU

  • Spruce Hill Winery is a One Tree Planted business partner. When you buy a bottle of our Rainforest Red wine, we contribute to United States projects that are planting trees to recover ecosystems after natural disasters, restoring habitat for biodiversity, stabilizing vital watersheds, and more.

  • Our first choice is to reuse wine shippers. When we must buy new, we buy pulp wine shippers that are made with 99% recycled fiber and are 100% recyclable. We welcome you to return shippers to the winery so they can be reused.

  • These wine bottles reduce the cost and environmental impact of shipping the bottles to the winery and when we ship our wine to you. We also eliminate waste by not applying capsule enclosures to our bottles.

  • Just bring your corks to the tasting room and drop them in the TerraCycle box.

  • There are always new ways to lessen our impact. This year, we’re testing the Origine by Diam sustainable wine corks for possible use in 2024. In addition to providing a TCA-free wine experience, these enclosures made from ground cork use bio-based binding agents and 100% natural beeswax.