If you want to conserve water for Down to Earth month and beyond, Bruce Cakebread says:
Napa Green | Champion Story
Bruce Cakebread and Cakebread Cellars are championing water conservation with their new green parking lot – native trees, drought tolerant grasses and flowers, permeable pavement and bio-swales that capture and filter water and recharge groundwater.
The parking spaces are filled with shallow gravel supported by honeycomb – a web of circular piping that supports vehicle weight and directs water down to the drainage system. Along the sides is grass pave , water efficient, low-maintenance hardy grass also supported by the honeycomb, so limos and buses can park there as needed. Cakebread Cellars started the project in the spring of 2014 and it was largely complete by late-fall. There are 89 guest and 32 employee parking spaces. They’re currently working on signage for each parking bay that will tell the history of Cakebread Cellars, the Napa Valley and what you see in the parking and landscaping. “We’ve been here 43 years and we want to be here another 43 years,” said Cakebread.
Napa Green is a global leader in sustainable winegrowing, setting the highest bar for sustainability and climate action in the wine industry. Napa Green facilitates systematic soil to bottle certification for wineries and vineyards, and provides the resources, tools and connections to continuously level up leadership. In 2021, Napa Green was the first sustainable winegrowing program in the world to redevelop Vineyard certification standards to focus on climate action, regenerative carbon farming, and social equity. In 2022, Napa Green and community partners launched the first of its kind, six-event RISE Climate & Wine Symposium (formerly THRIVES) with over 65 leading speakers and 40 “Sustainable Services & Solutions” partners and sponsors.
