Regenerative Viticulture: Trendy Buzz Word or Revolutionary Farming Philosophy?
January 25, 2021 Paul Dolan’s 160 acre certified biodynamic Dark Horse Ranch in Mendocino County is up for Regenerative Organics Certification this year. Illustration courtesy of Truett Hurst. Tom Gamble, the proprietor of Gamble Family Vineyards, says his family has been practicing regenerative agriculture at their 100-year old Napa Valley estate since they made the transition from farming and ranching to planting vineyards in the 1960s—long before the term even existed. What makes the regenerative philosophy unique—and superior—to sustainable viticulture, Gamble says, is that “i...