From Challenge Comes Change
The theme of International Women’s Day (and therefore the month as far as I’m concerned), is Choose to Challenge. The website tagline reads “A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change”. The second part of this sentence...Finding My Place in Wine by Allison Fields
When I first started studying wine in my early 20’s, I searched to find a mentor I could not only learn from but also connect with. But my Sommelier courses were dominated by stuffy men in suits that I definitely didn’t connect with, and I struggled to fit in with...
Sparkling: harvest through tirage bottling
When Bill and Donna made the exciting decision to launch the Winderlea sparkling wine program in the spring of 2016, the cellar was buzzing with activity. Rosés were being bottled, Pinots were being racked, Chardonnays were being tasted. And now, the challenge of...Getting Excited About Carbon Offsets
Last week I told you about our decision to max out our solar electricity production but that still leaves other types of energy that we use to think about. We’ve taken a lot of steps to reduce our carbon footprint, but we are still left with about 135 metric...Creating Green Energy
We think a lot about sustainability here at Winderlea both because we are Biodynamic® and also because we are a certified B Corp and part of their Climate Action Group. Sometimes programs are more suited to large complex organizations than they are to us, so we try...A Need For Connection
I want to start by thanking all of you who are part of our lives. You may not think it means much to us but every interaction keeps us connected to a world outside of our vineyard in Dundee. We are all doing our best to figure out the intersection between staying...
Saying Goodbye to Block 3 | Our Farming Ethos Continues
Many of you know that we first learned about Biodynamic farming because we were searching for ways to extend the life of our original vines which were being attacked by phylloxera. That effort has been largely successful as we were able to extend the productive life...