Solar power usage is growing by leaps and bounds, as both homeowners and businesses discover the advantages that come with going solar. Solar power enables residential and commercial customers alike to save money on energy costs while reducing their carbon footprint.

Which is why individuals, cities, industries, and businesses across the country and around the world are increasingly making the switch to solar.

Green, Green Wine?

The wine industry is one that is leading the way in this shift. Dependent on fertile land, clear air, and pure water to grow healthy grapes, winemakers have long utilized sustainable growing techniques.

And as winemakers work to adapt more sustainable business processes, their techniques increasingly include solar power. Here are some of the reasons why solar power is such a good fit for wineries. We’ll also take a closer look at a winery that’s made the leap to solar.

Solar Power and a Grape Grower’s Business

For most winemakers, working close to the land only further underscores the importance of practicing more “green” business. After all, when your business is literally growing something, anything that threatens that growth threatens your business. Putting efforts into sustainability, then, is as much a facet of a winemaker’s business model as is a healthy marketing budget.

It makes sense, then, for winemakers to turn to solar power. With zero emissions and near infinite renewability (the sun should keep burning for another five billion years or so), solar power is a clear environmental win. Wineries can generate the energy they need to stay in business without having to resort to biting the hand that feeds them.

From a financial perspective, wineries have a lot to gain from solar power too. Government incentives, market growth, and advances in technology have helped shrink the costs related to going solar. Add to that the thrill of foregoing a monthly electric bill, and the siren call of solar can become downright irresistible.

Just ask Castoro Cellars.

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