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Video: Jordan 2005 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
In this blog and on our YouTube channel, we’ll be posting videos each year where I discuss the latest releases of Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Russian River Valley Chardonnay. Our...
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A week of rain: good news for Sonoma County vines, fish and residents
Over the last six days, our region has been blanketed with rain. Because the grapevines are currently dormant — and Sonoma County has experienced drought for four consecutive years — we welcome this...
View ArticleCover Crop Benefits Video: Choosing Vineyard Cover Crops at Jordan
One of the key parts of sustainable farming is growing cover crops. Cover crops benefits are vast; they promote beneficial insect flight within the vineyards in early spring, allow us to incorporate...
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Grapevine Flowering Video: How Spring Weather Influences Bloom and Fruit Set...
Wet, warm spring weather throughout April and May delayed flowering, or bloom, in our vineyards by two weeks. (While rainfall during spring was unseasonably high, overall rainfall levels for the year...
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Video: How to Ripen Grapes on the Vine – Leaf Thinning
How to Ripen Grapes on the Vine at Jordan After the grapes bloom and tiny berries form into full grape clusters, it’s time for the important practice of leaf pulling, captured in the above video. A...
View ArticleSoil Mapping Video: Precision Farming with Resistivity Technology
We’ve nearly completed a comprehensive soil mapping study of every Jordan estate vineyard block. What does that mean? We’re rediscovering our dirt to continue elevating grape quality. When I started...
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Field Grafting Grapevines: Cabernet & Merlot Vineyards are Grafted to Petit...
Ever wondered how grapevines are grafted and what the process entails? In May, we embarked on our first grapevine field grafting project since completion of the Jordan Estate soil mapping study....
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