Wine growers are farmers — our livelihoods depend on the environment. We spend days in the vineyards and evenings enjoying the fruits of our labor with our families. Our commitment to sustainable agriculture is personal and all of our estate grown grapes are sustainably farmed.
Sustainable agriculture integrates three goals: environmental health, economic profitability and social and economic equity. Reducing the need for pesticides, for example, helps achieve the first two. A little ingenuity can replace a lot of nasty chemicals. That’s why the “weeds” between vine rows are actually carefully selected and seeded cover crops like clover, oats, peas and vetch. These leguminous plants help fix nitrogen from the air to “fertilize” the soil and grow tall enough in the spring to attract good bugs that feed on bad bugs harmful to newly budded vines. We’ve also built owl boxes to encourage these nocturnal hunters to stick around and keep down the critter population.
Those are just a few examples of how Montevina continuously seeks out new ways to ensure our environment is as healthy as our vineyard (because, to us, that’s exactly the same thing).
