Just recently, a guest in our tasting room pointed at our LIVE certificate which we display on an easel and asked, "What does this mean?" I was happy to explain that it is 1) an assurance to our customer that we use sustainable vineyard practices in the growing of our Estate wine's fruit and 2) that we are earnest in our pursuit of being good stewards of our entire farm. To that, we could easily add that our LIVE organization is a joy to work with!
Susi Carlberg, Satori Springs Vineyard
LIVE: Low Input Viticulture & Enology, Inc.
LIVE is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides education and independent third-party certification of vineyards and wineries using international standards of sustainable viticulture and enology practices in wine-grape and wine production.
We have been certifying growers in Oregon since 1999 and in Washington since 2006. We have recently expanded our geographical boundary to include all of the Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia and Idaho.
We are proudly partnered with Salmon-Safe to address watershed impacts from not only the vineyards and wineries of our members, but also the other areas on their farms.
LIVE also administers the Carbon Reduction Challenge (CRC), a certification aimed at helping wineries to achieve energy efficiencies and addressing greenhouse gas emissions in the northwest wine industry.
We actively work with university extension services to improve our standards, reach out to growers, and incorporate the latest research into our technical discussions.
We gladly invite you to learn more about our program by browsing our website, or contacting us.
Program Statistics
Enrolled Members
278 Vineyards
{250 in Oregon, 25 in Washington}
32 Wineries
{29 in Oregon, 3 in Washington}
10,495 Vineyard Acres
{8,234 in Oregon, 2,160 in Washington}
25,859 Farm Acres
{19,518 in Oregon, 4,591 in Washington}
Certified Members*
226 Vineyards
{206 in Oregon, 20 in Washington}
30 Wineries
{27 in Oregon, 3 in Washington}
9,249 Vineyard Acres
{7,189 in Oregon, 2,060 in Washington}
20,605 Farm Acres
{16,208 in Oregon, 4,397 in Washington}
224 Certified Wines
922,359 cases of wine produced in certified wineries
*Members must complete two years of farming under LIVE standards before achieving certification. All members must undergo rigorous 3rd-party inspections to verify these practices.