Since the planting of their vineyard in 1982, Yorkville Cellars has been commitmented to following organic farming practices. CCOF (California Certified Organic Farm) certification ensures that no pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or synthetic fertilizers are ever used on the property. In addition, they believe their farming practices will ensure a healthy soil that will be ...
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 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 ...
Controlling costs was a strong theme during last week’s fifth annual Organic Grapegrowing Conference at Frogs Leap Winery in Rutherford. A sell-out crowd attended the Napa Valley Grapegrowers’ meeting to hear experts discuss important topics, see demonstrations of techniques and equipment and learn the latest from vendors about products and services for organic growing. ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
The climate is influenced by marine air well over half the time. Heat summation data collected within the area reflects an average of 3,060 degrees, compared to approximately 2,500 in Boonville and Philo to the northwest and 3,650 in Cloverdale. Average annual rainfall within the area is 50.6 inches compared to Anderson Valley, which receives ...
Pine Ridge Vineyards announced today the relaunch of its Buy a Bottle, Plant a Tree campaign in partnership...
And the winners are… On January 22nd, Michaels on Main, Paradise Beach Grille, Café Cruz, Ma Maison, and...
