Twisted Roots Vineyard in Lodi appellation takes comprehensive approach to sustainable winegrowing and winemaking
Just Announced! Twisted Roots winery family run sustainable winery in Lodi California.
- Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) May 14, 2013 - When winegrowers embrace their responsibility as stewards of the land and follow sustainable farming and winemaking practices, that thoughtfulness always comes through in the final product.
At Twisted Roots Vineyard, in the heart of the Lodi appellation, three generations of family members dedicate themselves to ensuring healthy lands, which leads to healthy vines and ultimately, amazing wine. As certified "green growers," Twisted Roots employs practices that are sensitive to the environment and responsive to the needs and interests of the surrounding community.
The family takes a comprehensive approach to farming that goes beyond pest management. Their practices help enhance biodiversity, water and air quality, soil health, and employee and community wellbeing.
The certification of Twisted Roots as a green grower includes two components: The Lodi Rules practice standards, and a Pesticide Environmental Assessment System that measures the impact of all organic and synthetic pesticides used during the year. The vineyard is audited annually by a third party to verify farming practices, and may not exceed a maximum number of points calculated using the system.
Among the Certified Sustainable Practices are the following:
Integrated Pest Management: Twisted Roots limits crop protection to only essential measures, and creates and maintains a habitat for natural enemies of certain pests. For example, the family plants specific types of grasses in its "1918" Old Vine Zinfandel vineyard to help attract beneficial insects.
Air Quality Control: Twisted Roots plants cover crops of native grasses in and around its vineyards to minimize dust, and limits tractor usage to reduce air pollution and conserve energy.
Land Stewardship: The family integrates the management of the vineyards with the ecosystem by providing riparian zones, maintaining vernal pools, protecting wildlife habitat, and installing nesting boxes for birds and bats. To combat a growing problem of coyotes chewing up irrigation pipes, workers began leaving buckets of water for the coyotes. Now the coyotes eat the rodents, leaving the irrigation alone.
Water Management: Vineyard workers constantly monitor soil moisture and measure the vines' water needs. They regulate waterusage through careful irrigation scheduling, and constantly maintain and service irrigationsystems to ensure maximum efficiency.
Soil Health: Believing that healthy soil leads to great wines, Twisted Roots adds organic matter by planting cover crops and by utilizing compost. Experts control fertilizer and irrigation to maximize nutrition in the soil, which results in higher quality, more concentrated fruit. Each year analysts run soil and plant tissue tests to determine the needs of the vineyard.
Human Resources: People are the foundation of great sustainably grown wines. Twisted Roots workers receive comprehensive training and development that enables them to perform their jobs safely and maximize their ability for year-round employment.
The Twisted Roots family creates a sustainable vision for the farm that provides the foundation for sustainable winegrowing. This philosophy helps ensure the long-term health, biodiversity and productivity of the farm and the surrounding ecosystem. All of the Twisted Roots' farming practices can be evaluated to determine whether they move the vineyard toward or away from this vision.
In the end, sustainability keeps the Twisted Roots' family close to its land, and helps ensure that future generations will get to enjoy that land and all of its bounty.
To find out more about Twisted Roots Vineyard, visit http://www.twistedrootsvineyard.com.
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