Californian, New Zeeland, South African and Australian winemakers’ associations in collaboration with Provisor Pt Ltd have developed a tool to analyse the green house gas emissions from wineries. The tool is based on an Excel spreadsheet file and helps the wine producer analyse the emissions in three groups: 1. Direct emissions (from tractors, heating/cooling equipment etc); 2. Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, gas and such like; and 3. Indirect emissions from other sources (packaging, external transports etc.). The tool is free (but we don’t know if it is reserved for Californian producers) and is, according to the information, easy to use to give the winemaker a better picture of the greenhouse gas emissions. More information: wineinstitute.org or foodweek.com.au. You can also download the tool directly from the Winemaker Association of Australia wfa.org.au
