SIP Aims to Inspire

Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2019

Encouraging growers and wineries to address their practices and become SIP Certified has been the role of Beth Vukmanic Lopez for the past 10 years. After a degree from Cal Poly and a job with Malcolm DeMille, the designer of high-end golf trophies, Lopez answered an ad for a position with The Vineyard Team. Little did she know that the fledgling program called Sustainability in Practice (SIP) would soon become the model for green programs in vineyards and wineries across the U.S.  READ MORE