Certificate SWfCP
Marqués de Riscal strengthens its sustainable leadership with the Sustainable Wineries for Climate Protection certification, voluntarily incorporating vineyard certification.
The company obtains SWfCP certification for its wineries in Elciego and Rueda, within the scheme promoted by the Spanish Wine Federation, with a scope that integrates viticulture, winemaking, ageing, barrel ageing and bottling.
Bodegas Herederos del Marqués de Riscal has obtained Sustainable Wineries for Climate Protection —SWfCP— certification for its wineries in Elciego and Rueda, reinforcing its commitment to a more sustainable and efficient winegrowing model, aligned with the environmental, social and economic challenges facing the sector.
This recognition is particularly significant for a winery that has been internationally acknowledged as one of the leading benchmarks in the world of wine and wine tourism. Marqués de Riscal was named World’s Best Vineyard and Europe’s Best Vineyard in World’s Best Vineyards 2024, and in 2025 became part of the Hall of Fame of this prestigious international ranking. This global positioning is now further strengthened by a certification that, through external verification, accredits its commitment to sustainability also from the very origin: the vineyard.
The Sustainable Wineries for Climate Protection certification, promoted by the Spanish Wine Federation, is a scheme specifically designed for the wine sector that assesses sustainability from a comprehensive perspective. Its questionnaire covers different areas of action linked to governance, and to the environmental, social and economic dimensions of winegrowing activity.
Within the environmental dimension, the scheme analyses key aspects such as emissions reduction, the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency, water management, waste reduction and the protection of biodiversity. In the social dimension, it assesses matters related to employees and service providers, the relationship with the territory and local culture, as well as consumer health and safety. The economic dimension addresses, among other aspects, resilience, efficiency, supply stability, innovation, cost control and the organisation’s adaptation to new technological and market conditions.
In the case of Marqués de Riscal, the certification has a distinctive value because the certified scope is not limited to the winery’s own activities, but also incorporates viticulture. The inclusion of the vineyard within the certified scope is a voluntary, non-mandatory decision that reflects the company’s determination to demonstrate, with externally verified evidence, its genuine commitment to sustainability from the very origin of the wine.
With this decision, Marqués de Riscal positions itself among the pioneering companies in the Spanish wine sector that have chosen to voluntarily extend sustainable certification to the vineyard, integrating agronomic management, the land and the vine into its environmental and climate strategy. This approach reinforces a complete vision of sustainability, one that does not begin in the winery, but in the field, and continues throughout the entire process: winemaking, ageing, barrel ageing and bottling.
For Marqués de Riscal, this recognition represents a new milestone in its historic trajectory of innovation, quality, winemaking excellence and respect for the environment. The winery thus consolidates a unique position: that of a brand recognised worldwide for the value of its vineyard and its wine tourism experience, which also voluntarily certifies the sustainability of that vineyard within a specific and verified sectoral scheme.
With the achievement of these certifications, Marqués de Riscal advances its commitment to more sustainable viticulture and winemaking, strengthening its position among the Spanish wineries that are firmly committed to integrating sustainability from the vineyard to the bottle.
