Yesterday I took a nice couple from Texas to Volker Eisele, one of my favorite eco-friendly wineries in the Chiles Valley district of Napa. Volker himself conducted the tasting in the winery, which is a restored structure dating back to the 1870s, and took them out into the vineyards. There they saw a pair of Bald Eagles on the wing, which was a first for all of them.
Over the past 35 years the Eiseles have enriched the soils of their sixty acre vineyard through organic farming practices. No herbicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers have been used. The vineyard is certified organic by both the California Certified Organic Farmers and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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