First Winery in State of California to Reach Gold LEED

The HALL St. Helena has now become the first winery in California to hit the Gold LEED landmark. Not bad, and the perfect winery to visit if you like both wine and green.

LEED is the internationally recognized certification system for measuring the eco-friendly aspects of a building or a community’s performance across various environmental metrics including energy savings, water efficiency, CO₂ emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Rick Fedrizzi, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council, notes, “The certification of HALL Wines not only marks a momentous occasion for the wine industry of California, but demonstrates how all industries can choose to be solvers of our collective environmental challenges… The HALL Wines project efficiently uses natural resources, makes an immediate positive impact on our planet and as a business leader, can expect to reap financial benefits over the lifecycle of the building.”

To meet the requirements to become Gold LEED certified, HALL included many sustainable design elements and practices including:

• Radiant Floors Allowing for Precision Winemaking and Maximum Energy Efficiency
• Solar Energy – The sun provides more than 35 percent of the energy needed to power HALL St. Helena. An impressive 42,000 square feet of solar panels span the St. Helena winery roofs.
• Local Building Materials were used to build the winery.
• Recycled Building Materials were also used in the building process.
• Water Conservation on various levels.

If you visit:

HALL St. Helena is located at 401 St. Helena Highway South, St. Helena, CA 94574 and runs daily from 10 am until 5:30 pm for public visits and tastings. Features include a redesigned visitor center and tasting room and guests of course can sample the portfolio of HALL wines, or relax in arbor-covered courtyards, and see unique original works of modern art and sculpture from the Halls’ personal collection.

NOTES: For groups of 8 or more, reservations are required at least 48 hours in advance. Production tours and rare barrel tastings of future bottlings are also available by appointment.