Sonoma Magazine Calls Ridge an “Eco-Friendly Winery to Visit Right Now”

Sonoma Magazine

In a recent article by Sonoma Magazine, Ridge Vineyards was one of five vineyards designated as “eco-friendly wineries in Sonoma to visit right now.” The magazine cited the winery’s sustainable farming practices and eco-friendly facilities, while also recommending Ridge wines for being “remarkably balanced.”

The article’s feature on Ridge read:

“Old-vine zinfandel is the raison d’être at Ridge Lytton Springs, the Sonoma outpost of Ridge Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains — maker of one of the world’s most respected cabernet sauvignons, Ridge Monte Bello.

“The zins from Ridge Lytton Springs — more than a dozen of them from grapes grown throughout the state but weighted toward Alexander, Dry Creek and Sonoma valleys — are equally admired. They are remarkably balanced, without an alcoholic fruit bomb among them, and have a reputation for aging beautifully. John Olney makes the wines at Ridge’s eco-sustainable winery on Lytton Springs Road, located between Healdsburg and Geyserville.

“The facility is built of straw bales and vineyard clay and is primarily solar-powered. Ridge is the largest grower of organically certified grapes in Sonoma County, and all the vineyards it farms are certified sustainable by Fish Friendly Farming. Composted pomace and neighbors’ horse manure are added to the vineyards. Cover crops are grown in each block, insectories are maintained, sensors indicate when to irrigate vines in order to save water and gray water from the property is recycled and can be used for irrigation. Bird boxes and raptor roosts encourage the presence of flying bug and rodent eaters.

“In addition, Ridge lists on its labels all ingredients used in the production of each wine. On the label for the 2018 Pagani Ranch Sonoma Valley Zinfandel: ‘Hand-harvested grapes, indigenous yeast, naturally occurring malolactic bacteria, oak from barrel aging, SO2.’ And nothing else.

Taste single-vineyard, zinfandel-based wines such as Geyserville, Lytton Springs and Pagani at the Outdoor Terrace tasting, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Thursday – Monday. It’s a seated experience that might also include petite sirah, carignane, mataro (mourvedre) and if one is lucky, a Ridge cabernet sauvignon.”

Experience Ridge Vineyards

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In addition to the reccomendation by Sonoma Magazine, Ridge Vineyards was once again honored by Wine & Spirits as a Top 100 Winery this year. Take a tour of our best-in-class winemaking operations and vineyards, and stay for a wine tasting to experience it all for yourself.