{"id":600,"date":"2019-04-22T19:41:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T19:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/?p=600"},"modified":"2021-12-15T00:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:16:51","slug":"frank-familys-steps-towards-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/frank-familys-steps-towards-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Family’s Steps Towards Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join us in celebrating Earth Day on April 22 as\nwe demonstrate our support for environmental protection and remind ourselves to\nbe mindful of the impact we have on our planet. Discover the steps Frank Family\nhas taken in the past 25 years towards sustainability and raise a glass to Mother\nNature with us, today and every day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are sustainably certified. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, we achieved a milestone in\nsustainability when our vineyard practices were officially certified as Napa\nGreen for both land and winery. This county-wide certification program provides\nthird-party verification of our winery\u2019s commitment to continuous improvement\nin the adoption and implementation of sustainable winegrowing practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\nuse eco-friendly packaging. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We have made many improvements to our wine bottle\npackaging in the past 25 years to reflect our commitment to sustainability. One\nof our major improvements was the elimination of capsules, the foil sleeves on\nthe top of wine bottles, from 2\/3 of our wine collections. Capsules do not affect\nthe quality of wine and only serve a decorative purpose. We have done away with\ncapsules on most of our Reserve and all our sparkling wine bottles for many reasons.\nAesthetically, we prefer the exposed cork look of our wines. But most\nimportantly, we want to do our part to help eliminate the accumulation of waste.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\nare environmentally-conscious grape growers.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the year, our vineyard team takes\nimportant steps to preserve the natural beauty of our 380 acres of planted\nvineyards and nearly 450 acres of land across Napa Valley. We employ drip\nirrigation to conserve water use in the vineyard. Our vineyards, including a small\nlake at Benjamin Vineyard, provide natural habitats for a diverse collection of\nbeneficial insects and birds that prey on harmful pests. After each harvest, we\nplant cover crops that improve the soil health and bring nutrients back to the\nvines. Lastly, we never burn our winter prunings but rather chip the canes to\nreduce our use of fossil fuels.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We work with our hands. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is certainly more labor intensive, but Frank\nFamily is proud that most of our viticultural and winemaking practices are\ncarried out by hand. Our vineyard team hand prunes the vines in the winter,\nremoves excess leaves and grape clusters by hand during the growing season, and\nhand picks and hand sorts our grapes at harvest time. In the cellar, 100% of\nour sparkling wine is riddled by hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As\nwe look to the future, we will continue to improve our sustainable practices. For\nus, the quality of our wine is as important as taking care of the environment,\nand all the steps we take toward sustainability help ensure Frank Family’s\nlegacy will continue for generations to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join us in celebrating Earth Day on April 22 as we demonstrate our support for environmental protection and remind ourselves to be mindful of the impact we have on our planet. Discover the steps Frank Family has taken in the past 25 years towards sustainability and raise a glass to Mother Nature with us, today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[68,146,7,71,145,14,94],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vineyards-winemaking","tag-earth-day","tag-eco-friendly","tag-featured","tag-green-winery","tag-sustainable","tag-wine","tag-winery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/5DR_6969-2.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parYsd-9G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}