By growing disease resistant grape varieties, we've eliminated the use of pesticides and insecticides and minimized the use of herbicides and fungicides. We've eliminated the use of synthetic fertilizer by composting tree chips from local tree trimmers, animal manure, and spent beer grains from our brewery. We mulch around the base of the vines, which not only suppresses weeds, but also helps retain moisture from the rainfall, and promotes the growth of beneficial fungi and microbial activity by adding organic matter to the soil.

Erosion from our mountainside is prevented by our “no till” farming, and we plant grass and clover between our vineyard rows. The clover replenishes nitrogen removed from the soil by our vines. We’ve also installed beautiful rain gardens that gather rainwater that might otherwise lead to erosion. The plants and flowers in our rain gardens, as well as the wildflower fields we planted, are not only beautiful, but they’re pollinators that attract beneficial insects and butterflies. They also provide food for winter birds.

We’ve installed beautiful and extremely beneficial rain gardens that gather the rainwater and stormwater runoff that might otherwise lead to erosion. The plants and flowers in our rain gardens,as well as the wildflower fields we’ve planted, are both bucolic and valuable to wildlife. They provide food for winter birds, attract pollinators like bees, birds and butterflies, and beneficial insects