Cousiño Macul received certification from the Chilean Wine Sustainability Code

At Cousiño Macul we proudly receive this news, which certifies the permanent commitment that our production has with caring for the environment until 2021. Integrating native flowers and grasses between rows are just some of the actions we have developed to contribute to this mission that is everyone's responsibility. We invite you to learn more about our sustainability projects.

Every year, Vinos de Chile awards various vineyards a certification that, through an audit, measures how the vineyard behaves with the environment, its collaborators, suppliers, clients and communities. We are very happy to have achieved this certification that supports our ongoing commitment until 2021.

In addition to implementing waste management measures (recycling of white paper, glass, plastic, cardboard and aluminum) and social activities (reception of interns and community seminars), we are working on several ecological projects that allow us reuse organic waste from the company in our own vineyards and reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers.

Some of our most notable projects

• Planting flowers and grass: In addition to being beautiful, the incorporation of native flowers and grass between rows in Block 20 (Macul) helps with nutrient cycling in the soil, weed and pest control, and prevention of soil erosion. We will use the results of this block to determine the management of the rest of the vineyard and see if it can be replicated.

• Compost: In Buin we are converting our compost piles into nutritious fertilizer, while in Macul we are implementing a compost system called “Digestor Pak”, which ferments the waste from the production of our Ícono wines. The result of both will be used as organic fertilizer for our vines, thus reducing the use of synthetic components.

• RILES (Liquid Industrial Waste): In 2013 we installed a Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) plant, the first of its kind to arrive in Chile, which through a bacterial treatment transforms our wastewater into irrigation water that is currently used for our vineyards.

• Crops covered: On 12.03 hectares of Buin, covered crops (oats, mustard seeds and rye) have been planted, which are a type of biological control that helps in the control of weeds and pests, water retention, preventing soil erosion, and reintegrating/cycling nutrients in the soil.