When I first laid eyes on the farm it was kind of a sad place. The hazelnut orchard had been “custom farmed” by non-resident farmers in the age of “Better Living Through Chemistry.” Their list of chemical inputs included all the ingredients of Rachael Carson’s “Silent Spring” and more … DDT, Paraquat, Simazine…the list went on and on, to my private horror. The house was dilapidated: a rental. One tenant was living in a bus parked in the oak gr...
I think Biodynamic agriculture holds particular appeal for winegrowers. It calls for close attention to nature’s cycles and harnesses energies not always obvious to the naked eye. More than most, Biodynamic winegrowers rely on nature’s ability to transform materials; on metamorphosis and the cycles of decay, death and life.Take our compost, for instance : Grape pomace – solids, seeds and stems left from making our wines – is combined with stra...
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