Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, Empowerment
Taking Action
Accelerating Leadership
Building Resilience
What is Napa RISE?
The climate crisis is no longer imminent. It is here. Coming together as sustainable winegrowing leaders is no longer optional, it is imperative.
Napa growers and vintners must play an increasingly active role in building social equity, conserving natural resources, reducing and drawing down GHG emissions and creating more resilient vineyards, businesses and communities.
Our region and wines capture global attention, meaning our leadership can be an outsized force for change. This is a changemaking convening to enable the Napa County wine industry to leverage its powerful platform and set a standard for sustainability and climate action that galvanizes the global wine industry.
View Recordings & Slides at NapaGreen.org/events-workshops
RISE 2023 had 750 guests, more than 65 speakers and 40 sponsors, and dozens of commitments to action!
Read the culminating Press Release.
Marquee speakers
Maryam Ahmed
MARYAM + COMPANY & THE DIVERSITY IN WINE LEADERSHIP FORUM
marquee Speaker
mimi casteel
Hope Well Wine and Vineyard
Marquee Speaker
michael silacci
Opus One Winery
marquee speaker
Anna Brittain
NAPA GREEN
marquee Speaker
Paul Muller
Full Belly Farm
marquee speaker
Jason Haas
Tablas Creek Vineyard
marquee speaker
mentors
Ivo Jeramaz
Grgich Hills Estate
mentor
remi cohn
Domaine Carneros
mentor
Stacey ELLIS
Domaine Carneros
mentor
rob whyte
Renteria Vineyard Management
mentor
speakers
Will Drayton
Treasury Wine Estates
speaker
Esther Mobley
San Francisco Chronicle
speaker
Priyanka French
Signorello Estate
moderator
Martin Reyes, MW
REYES WINE GROUP & THE FOUR TOP PODCAST
Moderator
Janie Brooks Heuck
Brooks Wine
speaker
Ivo Jeramaz
Grgich Hills Estate
Speaker
Matthew Crafton
CHATEAU MONTELENA
Speaker
Kelli White
Sommelier AND Author
Moderator
Dr. Mark Gudgel
AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR AT COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY
moderator
Natalie Winkler
Salvestrin Estate Vineyard and Winery
Speaker
Christopher Ott, PE, QSD, QISP
HYDROS AGRITECH INC & DRY CREEK RANCHERIA BAND OF POMO INDIANS
Speaker
Sarah Unger
CULTIQUE
Speaker
Jason Moulton
WHITEHALL LANE
SPEAKER
Larry Florin
Burbank Housing
SPEAKER
Christian Cain
Perennial Grazing
speaker
Chris Kubik
MCE
speaker
Alex Farren
BlueMorph
speaker
Erica Löfving
Vintage Wine Estates
moderator
HERMAN J. HERNANDEZ
Los Cien
speaker
Tosha Comendant
Pepperwood Preserve
speaker
Tod Mostero
Dominus Estate
speaker
Matt Brain
Alpha Omega
speaker
Linzi Gay
Clif Family Winery
speaker
Dr. Jay Famiglietti
Global Futures Professor
speaker
Steve Mcintyre
Monterey Pacific Inc
speaker
Rich Bouwer
Free FLow Wines
speaker
Katherine Cole
SevenFifty Daily & The Four Top
speaker
Arnulfo Solorio
Silverado Farming Company
speaker
Caren McNamara
Conscious Container
speaker
Tom Clark
Napa WIldlife Rescue
speaker
Ben Mackie
Napa Green
speaker
Barclay Webster
free flow wines
speaker
Steve Heckeroth
Solectrac
speaker
Amy George
Earthly Labs
speaker
Andreas Neuman
UAV-IQ
speaker
Patrick Spencer
the Cork Forest Conservation Alliance
speaker
Andrea Robinson, MS
Master Sommelier
moderator
Sarah Keiser
wild oat hollow
moderator
BETH FORRESTEL, PHD
UC DAVIS
speaker
ALEXANDRIA VILLASEÑOR
U.S. YOUTH CLIMATE STRIKE & EARTH UPRISING INTERNATIONAL
speaker
MICHAEL COODE
RUTHERFORD HILL WINERY
speaker
Jon Priest
etude wines
speaker
PHILANA BOUVIER
DEMEINE ESTATES
speaker
Kia Behnia
Neotempo Wines & KiaTra Vineyards
speaker
eric mayer
Napachar
speaker
ERIN ARNSTEEN
MONARCH JOINT VENTURE
speaker
MAGGIE PURDIE
MATERRA | CUNAT FAMILY VINEYARDS
speaker
Wendell Gilgert
Point Blue & Wild Farm Alliance
speaker
SIERRA MINCHACA
napa green
speaker
Akilah Cadet
Change Cadet
speaker
THE VENUE
Napa RISE Six Event Series
Charles Krug Winery, Carriage House
April 5-20, 2023
Napa RISE Six Event Series
Charles Krug Winery, Carriage House
April 5-20, 2023
Napa RISE Six Event Series
Charles Krug Winery, Carriage House
April 5-20, 2023
Hosts
Anna Brittain
NAPA GREEN
Host
Martin Reyes, MW
REYES WINE GROUP & THE FOUR TOP PODCAST
co-host
EVYN CAMERON
WINEMAKER
co-host
climate action fundraiser dinners
Sponsors
PREMIER SPONSOR
community SPONSORS
Wine Benefit Dinner Sponsors
Exclusive Event Sponsors
Sustainable Services & Solutions
IWCA’s California Gold and Silver Level Member sponsors
It’s important to understand there are three pillars to sustainability - the environment we’re trying to protect & maintain over generations, our economic sustainability & viability of our businesses and the social equity components of our businesses. We cant really be talking about protecting our environment without also talking about the people who work that same environment.
Maryam AhmedMARYAM + COMPANY 
Our issues are not siloed and our solutions can't be either.
Ben MackieNapa Green Vineyard Program Manager 
We have to be thinking systematically. Six pillars of leadership: Energy Efficiency; Water Efficiency; Waste Prevention & Supply Chain; Proactive Farming, Soil Health & Biodiversity; Social Justice, Diversity & Inclusion; Climate Action & Regenerative Agriculture. We can't afford half measures. There's been too much marketing and not enough substance. We're in a climate and community crisis.
Anna BrittainNapa Green Executive Director 
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