The Sustainability Committee primary mandate has been the formation of Sustainable Winegrowing BC (SWBC). SWBC's role is to foster grape and wine production and winery hospitality services that enhance environmental quality, create a resource base on which the industry is economically viable, and improve quality of life for growers, producers, and society as a whole.
Severine Pinte is the Board Liaison and Chair of the Sustainability Committee and SWBC. Ruth King is the Program Manager and you can contact her at info@sustainablewinegrowingbc.ca for more information about joining the program.
Chair & Board Liaison: Severine Pinte
Program Manager: Ruth King
Mandate: Foster grape and wine production and winery hospitality services that enhance environmental quality. Create a resource base on which the industry is economically viable, and improve quality of life for growers, producers, and society as a whole.
Current Committee members include:
Industry
• Ben Bryant, 1 Mill Road
• Carl Withler, Green Spark Consulting
• Donna Senese, UBC Okanagan
• Karen Gillis, Andrew Peller Limited
• Kathy Malone, Hillside Winery
• Galen Barnhardt, Monte Creek Winery
• Jon Furkalo, Earlco
• Graham O'Rourke, Tightrope
• Kelly Josephson, Wine Growers BC
• Moni Brar, Consultant
• Zola Dore, Covert Farms
• Marine Bos, Andrew Peller Limited
External Partners
• Gary Strachan, Crush Dynamics
• Felix Egerer, Unsworth Winery
• Hans Buchler, Viticulturist