2023 Mendo Wine Competition Results

body section.banner.hide-mts div.banner-caption div {color:black;background-color:#ffffff!important} The 44th annual wine competition held at the Mendocino County Fair has awarded five different wineries with the prestigious “Best of Show” winners title. The fair, which took place in Hopland, saw 195 wines from 36 wineries submitting entries to the competition. Among these, Boonville’s Pennyroyal Farm stood out, winning two of the Best of… Read the rest

Pennyroyal Farm

Nestled in the hills of Boonville in Mendocino County's Anderson Valley, Pennyroyal Farm is a farmstead dairy and winery specializing in sustainability and organic farming practices.

McNab Ridge Winery

McNab Ridge Winery’s tasting room on Highway 101 in Hopland is a comfortable, elegant space in an updated historic building. The newly redecorated tasting room includes a dog-friendly back patio and fire pit. Here, you can sample various Mendocino County-grown and produced wines, from the McNab Ridge Family Reserve to “Fun Bunch” favorites like Zinzilla. If you’re lucky, you’ll meet… Read the rest

Nelson Family Vineyards

Happy Holidays from your friends at Mendocino Winegrowers!  We wish you and your family a wonderful season, with good times and good wine. We are farmers, winemakers, and artists — free thinkers who value our land, our people, and our independent lifestyle. Welcome to Mendocino County! Tasting Room Manager Sharon Loupy. Lark Coryell photo. 550 Nelson Ranch Rd, Ukiah, CA… Read the rest

Featured member: Rivino Estate Vineyards and Winery, Ukiah

body section.banner div.banner-caption div { color: white; text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000; } The onetime Schrader Ranch, purchased in 1993, was originally planted in pears. Grapes that follow pear trees have to work a lot harder. Instead of focusing on vibrant leaves and shoots, they push their roots deep into the ground in search of more nutrients and water. The… Read the rest

Featured Member: Brashley Vineyards

Brashley Vineyards is a family-owned winery and tasting room located in the heart of Anderson Valley in Philo, CA. Brashley sources a majority of their grapes from their own 10 acres of Pinot Noir from their Hacienda Sequoia and Bevel Vineyards. They recently opened their newly remodeled tasting room on Highway 128, formerly operated y by Brutocao, and acquired the… Read the rest

Featured Member: Alta Orsa Wines

Hopland’s Alta Orsa is the story of the land, the vision and labor of their small team – led by winemaker Martin Bernal-Hafner. The story is centered on a holistic approach to farming. They practice no-till farming, minimal organic sprays, cover cropping, no tractors between the rows, and no herbicides under the vine. This philosophy preserves the unique sense of… Read the rest

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Grey Water Recycling in America’s Greenest Wine Region

Water is a precious and finite natural resource, less than 3% of all water on Earth is fresh water. In this video, Mendocino Wine Co. owner Tim Thornhill demonstrates his commercial-scale gray water recycling system that conserves and recycles this precious resource. At the Mendocino Wine Co. they believe everyone has the opportunity to leave the world better than they… Read the rest

Zac Robinson Awarded Winegrower of the Year Award

The Zeni Award is a perpetual trophy given to the winegrower of the year representing outstanding stewardship of the land, community service, and producing the highest quality wine grape in Mendocino County. Zac Robinson of Husch Vineyards was awarded the Zeni Winegrower of the Year Award at the MWI 2019 Harvest Party. Glenn McGourty, UCCE Farm Advisor for Mendocino County,… Read the rest

Mendocino Wines Rock Whole Foods Market

Were we interested and could MWI help facilitate the program? Needless to say… this is totally in line with MWI’s mission “to promote the quality and image of Mendocino County grapes and wine with three target audiences: Decision makers who buy grapes press and trade groups who write about, sell, or recommend wine, and consumers who buy wine.” And, a… Read the rest
Mendocino vineyard by water

Making Sense of Mendocino

Mendocino is a county with two faces. One face, the softer side, is well known. This is the coastal half that contains Anderson Valley, where delicate Pinot Noir and exceptional sparkling wines are enjoying increasing, and deserving, renown. The other face of Mendocino resides further east, in the cache of old vines that sprawl across the Redwood Valley appellation and… Read the rest

2019 Mendocino County Fair Wine Competition Awards

41st  Annual Mendocino County Fair Wine Competition Awards  Congratulations to all the award winners! After tasting a record number of entries the judges have made their pronouncements: Best of Show Red: 2017 Foursight Clone 05 Pinot Noir  Best of Show White: 2018 Navarro Vineyards Edelzwicker Best of Show Sparkling: NV McFadden Sparkling Cuvee Brut Rose Best of Show Rose’: 2018… Read the rest

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