LIVE Winery Certification fees are as follows:

1. Application Fee:
   • $100 one-time processing fee for your application
2. Annual Dues:
   • $500
3. Inspection Fee:
   Your inspection fee is based on the total case production of your winery for the vintage prior to your registrations.
   • $600 (under 10,000 cases)
   • $900 (10,000 - 50,000 cases)
   • $1200 (over 50,000 cases).

   This fee is charged only in the years your winery is visited for an inspection. This is currently every third year beginning with year 1.

   Example:
   In year 1, a winery with 14,000 cases produced in the previous vintage would pay $1500 ($100+$500+$900)
   In year 2, that same winery would pay $500 (no inspection in year 2)
   In year 3, that same winery would pay $500 (no inspection in year 3)
   In year 4, that same winery would pay $1400 ($500+900)

Record-keeping allows our inspectors to verify the practices in your winery. LIVE provides boilerplate forms in the Winery Certification Workbook. You may also use your own forms, as long as all required information is available. The following records are required to be presented to the inspector (more information is available in the Winery Workbook):

• LIVE Scorecard Checklist (submitted to LIVE annually)
• Basic winery grounds plan (submitted to LIVE and updated when necessary)
• Energy usage summary (submitted to LIVE annually)
• Harvest receiving records (presented at inspection)
• Equipment maintenance records (presented at inspection)
• Substances added to wine (presented at inspection)
• Annual cleaning agent inventory (presented at inspection)

Other items that the inspector will use to verify your Scorecard Checklist include (but are not limited to) purchase receipts, bills of lading, receiving records, DEQ Citations within the past 3 years, OSHA logs, and appropriate DEQ permits. Please have these records available for the inspector prior to their visit. Having as many records available as possible will make your first audit go smoothly and quickly.

LIVE currently contracts with the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Commodities Inspection Division for winery inspections. The ODA acts in a strict third-party auditing capacity that DOES NOT INCLUDE compliance with laws and regulations outside of the scope of the LIVE standards.

Winery members are inspected in year 1, and every third year thereafter. If a winery receives a No-Pass determination, it is automatically scheduled for a site-visit the following year.

There are many different types of non-traditional winery business models being developed in Oregon. The spirit of the LIVE winery certification is this: The facility (and all bonded wineries within) must meet the standards as set forth by LIVE, and each label to be considered for LIVE certification will be evaluated separately. This program is aimed at the winery ownership level. It is the responsibility of the ownership to address LIVE compliance throughout the entire facility by all tenants. The one exception exists in the case of long-term contracts. If a contract exists with a tenant of the facility, LIVE will grant a conditional certification, with the condition being that the tenant complies with LIVE standards upon expiration of that contract. The facility owner will be responsible for payment of an application fee, annual dues, and inspection fee. Further, each individual tenant will be responsible for an annual dues should they choose to pursue certification.

Certainly! You can source fruit from wherever you wish. However, in order to produce LIVE certified wine, you must use 97% LIVE certified fruit. You may also achieve bonus points (see LIVE Winery Certification Checklist) for sourcing meaningful amounts of fruit from LIVE (and other OCSW allowed) vineyards. One thing to remember is that if you own a vineyard and a winery, the vineyard must be also be enrolled in LIVE in order to be eligible for the LIVE winery certification.

The truth is, you might not be. The decision to certify your winery through LIVE is not a light one, and we hope one that you will consider carefully before joining the program. It is our hope that you will find value in the LIVE Winery Certification. This value may be found in the rigorous peer-reviewed standards, the ability to participate in Oregon Certified Sustainable Wine, regional technical considerations, or the strong member participation in our program that LIVE has nurtured over the past 10 years. In any case, we would be honored to have your participation.

When developing sustainability standards, a number of considerations were made. These included worker health and safety, raw material production (environmental and human health impact), and post use impact (also concerning both environmental and human health). It is the hope of LIVE that the unnecessary use of caustic chemicals can be minimized, and in the case of the most caustic, eliminated except in small quantities in the laboratory.

No it does not. Having your winery certified by LIVE simply enables your facility to produce LIVE certified wines if you should wish to. You still must follow the LIVE procedures for certifying wine for each label you wish to have LIVE certified. You may certify as many labels as you wish or none at all.