The hospitality farm style house is an inviting attractive building. But they are dead serious about how their wine is made and the care of the land and the grapes that give it its special qualities. The Frog’s Leap culture is built on a whimsical, fun loving nature, right down to the name of the winery, the cat “Terra” who wandered in one day and with the wise advice at the bottom of the bottle – “Open Other End”. They don’t need to advertise being green, why would they, that’s the way it is and always should be. It wasn’t about the green certification it was about their philosophy of life, of smart business practices, and being good stewards of the land that creates the grapes for their wine. It would not have been done any other way. The answer I was given and the fact that there wasn’t a lot of hoopla about it made me realize that this was Frog’s Leap at its core. I asked about what things were green about the building.

We entered the farmhouse and were waiting to be seated when I noticed a “ LEED Silver” green certification plaque on a little table in the back (it is the first LEED certified building in Napa County). We were, of course, looking for good wines, new discoveries and a great time with friends. We weren’t here looking for green wineries or organic wine, nor were we looking for frogs.

Venturing into the heart of the picturesque Rutherford region of Napa Valley we wine “disciples” meandered past an old historical red barn towards the Frog’s Leap Winery “green” hospitality farmhouse. The Last Sipper – Frog’s Leap Winery – Napa Valley Sustainability, Organic Grapes, Green Building and Fine Wine

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