Best Organic Wines for Earth Day

Featured in a roundup of “17 Best Organic Wines for Earth Day” by Tasting Table, our organically farmed West Rows Chardonnay was highlighted as a top pick to enjoy this spring.

“Benziger West Rows chardonnay highlights the terroir Benziger and Amaroli speak of. Organic vineyards in Los Carneros in the southern tip of Sonoma County enjoy cool breezes off the San Pablo Bay, keeping refreshing acidity high, melding with honeydew melon, golden apple, and vanilla cream.”

 

 

Shift Toward Sustainability

Winemaker Lisa Amaroli was recently featured in Marin Living, highlighting “How Local Wineries are Shifting Toward Sustainability.” Biodynamic farming is the highest level of organic farming, viewing the entire property as one ecosystem. “This type of farming is based on biodiversity of animals, plants, insects and even bacteria that work together. “It’s about balance, not eradication,” says Amaroli. Using homeopathic teas, composting, cover crops and animals that live on the estate “is not mysterious, it’s natural,” she says.”

Sustainability in Sonoma

We are honored to be featured in the New Zealand Herald “USA Holidays: Meet the Kiwi winemaker working in Sonoma, California’s Sustainable wine region.” Chris Benziger was featured in the article, explaining our approach of caring for the land, resulting in authentic, site-expressive wines. “It allows the vines to grow naturally deep into the soils and pick up the true terroir of the site. This leads to wines that are more expressive and unique. They will have four distinct fingerprints that will give that wine its soul. Those are the fingerprints of the vineyard, the vintage, the varietal, and the winemaker.”