Membership Structure and Criteria

The New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) Board agreed within the NZW sustainability policy SWNZ membership criteria will be as follows;

• Tier 1 and Tier 2 are considered as members of NZ Winegrowers and will have access to the basic SWNZ information.
• Tier 3 are deemed Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand members and pay a membership fee and work towards accreditation.

Tier 3 – Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ) Member

At this level vineyards and wineries are independently audited to verify their compliance with SWNZ protocols. Once accredited members may use the logo; full winery accredited members may make use of label claims, membership signs, etc.

• Membership fees will be paid annually at the beginning of the year of accreditation. eg; membership fees due July 1 2010. Scorecard and related documentation are received by June 30 2011 for audit and accreditation for 2010/2011 season.

• Membership fees include all membership information (manuals, guidebooks, handbooks, workshops, website, online tools etc) and the audit costs.

• Members have full access to information through the members area of the website (including online tools, individual reports, templates, data transfer, etc).

• Scorecard, spray diary and other records to be provided electronically, otherwise an additional charge for processing may apply.

• Technical workshops included for 2 people per property.