Yorkville Cellars is located in Mendocino County, 100 miles north of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. The tasting room is on Highway 128, a picturesque road that winds past vineyards, sheep ranches, and apple and peach orchards before plunging through the Redwood forest to emerge at the Mendocino coastline. Read more about Yorkville ...
Organic farming practices in a small-scale vineyard are about 120 percent of the costs of a conventionally farmed vineyard. However, in spite of the costs, Yorkville Cellars’ organic farming practices will continue as they believe that organic farming ensures the highest possible quality fruit. Grape(s): Cabernet Franc Winery: Yorkville Cellars Region: Mendocino County Year: 2009 Special ...
A prestigious panel of judges awarded medals to the best wines from Mendocino County in the 34th Annual Mendocino Wine Competition. On Friday August 6th, fourteen judges including top wine writers, winemakers, educators, authors, and sommeliers, convened at Scharffenberger Cellars to swirl, sip and select Double Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners. ...
Alarm is fermenting among Napa Valley vintners over the naming rights to a swath of land in the Mayacamas Mountain range.Winegrape growers in northern Sonoma and southern Mendocino counties are petitioning the federal government to create a new American Viticulture Area on the western flank of the Mayacamas Mountains. Vintners in the ...
The Yorkville Highlands viticultural area lies generally along the headwaters of Dry Creek and Rancheria Creek. The vineyards in the Yorkville Highlands area are almost entirely above 800 feet in elevation. The area is a continuous string of high benches and land troughs bordered by even higher ridges with Highway 128 running the middle. ...
Yorkville Cellars is tucked away along the winding turns of California route 128. Out in the open air, it’s just as easy to escape into the countryside as it is into a glass of their wine. In Mendocino County, there isn’t the bustle, with lines of cars backing-up for miles or winery after winery ...
Richard the Lion-Heart is carefully blended, using the very best barrels of Yorkville’s certified organic estate grown grapes. The 2006 vintage includes six varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere. This is very likely the only estate grown, California wine blended made with all six of the traditional noble red ...
The Ukiah Main Street Program will host its 21st annual Taste of Downtown. Many businesses in the Downtown will host a local winery and brewery in their store, offering tastings of their local wines and beers. You will be able to purchase a passport to have unlimited access to taste at the participating businesses. Purchase ...
Organic farming practices in a small-scale vineyard are about 120 percent of the costs of a conventionally farmed vineyard. However, in spite of the costs, their organic farming practices will continue as they believe that organic farming ensures the highest possible quality fruit. They have been fortunate to find a “natural” (and generally cooperate) ...
The basic goal of organic farming is to create healthy, living soils. This is achieved in two ways. First is the use of only natural fertilizers, compounds that contain a wide range of the nutrients needed by plants and avoiding the concentrated fertilizers that are heavy on the three main plant foods; nitrogen, potassium and ...
Taste wines right out of the barrel, meet winemakers, and more. Each winery will host a unique experience...
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