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This list was prepared for the restauranteur, wine shop or hotel by the Organic Wine Guild. Like the wise old OWL it will inform you as to which wines are made from organic, biodynamic and agri-synthesis grown grapes. A table of contents of wineries, by alphabetical order is listed below. A short glossary of definitions and philosophies is forthcoming. We would like to recommend you visit the Organic Wine Guild Founder's website at www.northofsf.com for more information and a list of "mom & pop" businesses in the northern California Wine Country.


NAPA WINE COMPANY
7830 - 40 St. Helena Hwy
Oakville, California 94562 USA

Distributor: Direct from the Winery
Wine Club: The Wine Club at the Cellar Door

(707) 944-8669
Fax: (707) 944-9749
www.napawineco.com
email: retail@napawineco.com

90 Points. Napa Wine Co., 2001 Sauvignon Blanc
--California Grapevine, June-July 2002

87 Points. Napa Wine Co., 2000 Zinfandel
--California Grapevine, June-July 2002

2002 Sauvignon Blanc
Yountville, Napa Valley
2,500 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content ___%
Sug. Retail $18/bottle

2001 Sauvignon Blanc Yountville, Napa Valley
3000 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.2%
Sug. Retail $18/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

Release: Spring 2003

 


Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

 

 

2002 Pinot Blanc
Yountville, Napa Valley
1000 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content ___%
Sug. Retail $18/bottle

 

 

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

Release: Spring 2003

2001 Pinot Blanc
Yountville, Napa Valley
1000 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.1%
Sug. Retail $18/bottle
Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

 

2001 Zinfandel
Oakville, Napa Valley
1,400 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.8%
Sug. Retail $20/bottle

 

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

Release: Spring 2003

1999 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
3000 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.7%
Sug. Retail $32/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

SILVER

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NEAL FAMILY VINEYARDS
Organically Grown Grapes
716 Liparita Road, Angwin,
California 94508 USA

(707) 965-2800
Fax: (707) 965-2888
www.jacknealandson.com
Email: available by request

Distributor: Direct from the Winery
Wine Club: No
2000 Neal Cabarnet Sauvignon
Howell Mountain Vineyard
25 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content___%
Sug. Retail $To Be Announced

Organically Grown Grapes
2001 Neal Cabarnet Sauvignon
195 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content ___%
Sug. Retail $To Be Announced
Organically Grown Grapes

NIEBAUM-COPPOLA WINERY
1991 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford
California 94573 USA

All Estate Wines are allocated

1-800-RUBICON (782-4266)
www.niebaum-coppola.com
email: info@niebaum-coppola.com

Distributor: See Website for Distributor
Wine Club: Niebaum-Coppola Wine Club

All 200 acres of Estate vineyards are certified organic. These fine Estate vineyards produce the winery's Flagship Wines: Rubicon and Blancaneaux. These vineyards also produce the Estate Wines, wines that speak of the Rutherford Dust from which they are grown. In the mid-Twentieth Century, John Daniel, grand-nephew of Gustave Niebaum, was praised for his Cabernets aged in large wood casks. We have sought to revive this historic wine with the Cask Cabernet made exclusively from Estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon. After the reunification of the Estate, the Francis Coppola Diamond Series was created. These award-winning, variety-specific wines are labeled with a rendition of the old Inglenook Diamond. The Francis Coppola Presents wines Rosso and Bianco, are proprietary red and white wines that pay homage to Francis Coppola's Italian heritage.

FLAGSHIP WINES:

2000 Blancaneaux
Alcohol Content 14.1%

Suggested Retail $30/bottle
Certified Organically
Grown Grapes
1997 Rubicon
6,070 6 bottles/ Case Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.1%
Suggested Retail $100/bottle
Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

1999 Cask Cabernet
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol Content 14.5%
Suggested Retail $65/bottle

 

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes


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2000 Edizione Pennino Zinfandel
1,904 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.5%
Suggested Retail $44/bottle
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
1999 Merlot Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon
1,728 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.1%
Suggested Retail $44 /bottle
Certified Organically Grown Grapes

PAVI WINERY
750 Chiles Ave., St. Helena,
California 94574 USA

(877) 340-WINE (9463)
Fax: (707) 963-9566
phone: (707) 963-9566
www.paviwines.com
email: available by request

Distributor: Direct from the Winery
Wine Club: The Wine Club at the Cellar Door

Husband-and-wife team, Pavi Micheli Lawson and Rob Lawson, founded PAVI WINES in 1998. Rob Lawson is the winemaker for PAVI WINES and is also the CEO and Winemaker for Napa Wine Company. Rob's winemaking philosophy is to the let the fruit speak for itself, to enhance the true characteristics of the varietal.

2001 Pinot Grigio, Napa Valley
400 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.1%
Suggested Retail $16 /bottle
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
2002 Pinot Grigio, Napa Valley
2500 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content ___%
Suggested Retail $16 /bottle
Release April 2003
2000 Dolcetto, Napa Valley
100 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.2%
Suggested Retail $24/bottle
 

2001 Dolcetto, Napa Valley
1000 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content ___%
Suggested Retail $24/bottle

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PORTER CREEK VINEYARD
8735 Westside Rd.
Healdsburg, California 95448 USA

Phone: (707) 433-6321
Fax: (707) 433-4245
www.portercreekwines.com
E-mail: dijonl@sonic.net

Distributor: Direct from the Winery / George Davis Owner
Vineyard manager: Alex Davis
Winemaker: Alex Davis
Wine Club: No

The tasting room at Porter Creek Vineyard is a simple but historic structure, built with hand made redwood beams and decorated with local artwork. “Mr. Dog”, who is 14 years old, sleeps in the sun outside the tasting room entrance by the organically grown pinot noir vineyard. The winemaker, Alex Davis, worked and studied in Burgundy for Christophe Roumier and the Rhone for E. Guigal. Alex's dog“Corky”, a Australian sheppard - Queensland healer, patrols the higher up organic vineyards for rabbits, turkeys and gophers. The Porter Creek tractors and truck are powered on bio-diesel (organic vegetable oil). The vineyards have wildlife corridors for the wild pigs, deer and rabbits. Hawks patrol the sky by day and barn owls by night.

2000 Chardonnay
The nose is filled with citrus aromas of lemon and lime, pear and many other complexities. In the mouth, one feels the grip of the mineral structure and the richness of this fuller bodied wine.
500 Cases
Minimal Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.2%
Suggested Retail $18/bottle

 

Organically Grown Grapes
2001 Chardonnay
The nose is filled with citrus aromas of lemon and lime, pear and many other complexities. In the mouth, one feels the grip of the mineral structure and the richness of this fuller bodied wine.
900 Cases
Minimal Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.4%

Suggested Retail $20/bottle

Organically Grown Grapes

Release: Spring 2003

2000 Pinot Noir
The palate starts with lighter fruit aromas, such as strawberries and raspberries, and then fills out with a dark cherry-like character in the mid-palate.
500 Cases
Minimal Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.0%
Suggested Retail $25/bottle

 

Organically Grown Grapes

2001 Pinot Noir
The palate starts with lighter fruit aromas, such as strawberries and raspberries, and then fills out with a dark cherry-like character in the mid-palate.
450 Cases
Minimal Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.5%
Suggested Retail $28/bottle

 

 

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Organically Grown Grapes

Release: Spring 2003


ROSE RANCH VINEYARDS
P.O. Box 1253,
Kenwood, CA 95452

(707) 833-4500
Fax: (707) 833-6563
www.vineyardsinn.com
email: chef@vineyardsinn.com

Winemaker: Steve Rose
Distributor: Direct from the Winery Restaurant


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1997 Zinfandel Primitivo
100 Cases
No Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.8%
Suggested Retail $12.00/bottle

 

Organically Grown Grapes

1998 Zinfandel Primitivo
100 Cases
No Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.8%
Suggested Retail $12.00/bottle

Organically Grown Grapes

TOPOLOS WINERY
5700 Gravenstein Hwy. N.
Forestville, California 95436 USA

1-800-TOPOLOS (867-6567)
(707) 887-1575 Ext #1
Fax: (707) 887-1399
www.russianrivervineyards.com
email: topolos@sonic.net

Winemaker: Jac Jacobs
Vineyard Manager: Michael Topolos
Distributor: Stuart Bryan
National Sales Manager Epic Wines
(707) 539-0800 Fax:(707) 539-0811 bryanwine@aol.com
Wine Club: Topolos Wine Club

Certified Organically Grown Grapes
Agri-Synthesis Certified Grapes
Biodynamically Grown Grapes

Master Organic Farmer Michael Topolos has authored three books and numerous articles on California wine, gives well respected lectures and classes, sits on the Wine Institute‚s Board of Directors and is a founder of California's Organic/Biodynamic movement. He and his charming wife Lisa and their two children Marcos and Lucas live a dream come true.

"Soil is the foundation of our winery," Michael states. "We respect its components and it returns to us a bounty that is clean and delicious." The estate vineyards are dry-farmed old vines grown without synthetic chemicals. This allows winemaker Jac Jacobs to make highly extracted varietals that collectors favor worldwide. Most of the grapes Topolos harvests are grown organically, biodynamically or by agri-synthesis. Greg Willis is responsible for creating the Agri-synthesis tinctures that are used to create the perfect frequency and life force energy in the vineyards. Like a "horse whisperer" reads horses, Greg intuits what each plant needs to grown and maintain optimal health. Chenoweth Vineyard Management erected the beautiful Barn Owl box in the estate vineyard visible from the tasting room parking lot. Each evening during the summer; dinner guests are treated to the bat migration over the vineyards. The staff at Topolos honor a true partnership with nature - choosing to promote life, not destroy it with pesticides, herbicides and petro-chemicals.

Quite frankly there is "good karma" here. Many a marriage proposal over Topolos wine and marriages at the enchanting Topolos restaurant bring solid meaning to the sacredness of matrimony. Indeed we may say that wine made from organically grown grapes is SACRED WINE.

 

EcoVin Zinfandel 2002

Eco Vin Organics
2000 Eco Blanc 100% French Colombard
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
250 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 12.5%
Suggested Retail
$7.50 /bottle

 

2002 Eco Zinfandel 100% Zin
Lake County Vines
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
250 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 15.1%
Suggested Retail $12.00 /bottle

2001 Sauvignon Blanc SILVER
Certified Organically Grown
550 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.5%
Suggested Retail $15.00 /bottle

 

SILVER
EL DORADO CO. FAIR
1998 Piner Heights Zin
Russian River Valley
Certified Organically Grown
650 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Contents 13.2%
Suggested Retail $16.50/bottle

3 GOLD
Long Beach Grape Contest North of Gate

 

 

1998 Rossi Ranch Zinfandel
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
300 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13.0%
Suggested Retail $21.75 /bottle

1999 Rossi Ranch Zinfandel
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
200 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 14.5%
Suggested Retail $27.50 /bottle

2000 Rossi Ranch Zinfandel
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
200 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 15.5%
Suggested Retail $27.50 /bottle

2001 Rossi Ranch Zinfandel
Certified Organically Grown Grapes
400 Cases Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 16.0%
Suggested Retail $28.00 /bottle

  Rossi Ranch  Zin 2001

 

The 2001 Rossi Ranch Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley, planted in 1910, this vineyard is living evidence of California's heritage of producing great Zinfandel. The flavors are complex and offer deep brambly fruit, ripe cherry, a nuance of plum, clove-spice and chocolate, the essence of old vine Zinfandel! Vineyard production is very low yield resulting in a concentrated wine with a long finish. Topolos salutes the original owner of this hallowed vineyard, Valentine "Val" Rossi, who we lost in March of 1999. Serve Rossi Ranch Zinfandel with marinated natural range fed steaks or lamb and risotto with wild mushrooms and always chocolate desserts!

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YORKVILLE CELLARS
P.O. Box 3, 25701 Hwy 128
Yorkville,California 95494 USA

(707) 894-9177
Fax: (707) 894-2426
www.yorkville-cellars.com
email:yvcellars@pacific.net

Vintner/Winemaker: Edward Wallo
Distributor: Direct at the Winery
Wine Club: The Hirollr’s Wine Club

We're a small, family-run winery committed to making small lots (typically under 1,000 cases of each) of superior quality wines that receive plenty of TLC. All of our wines are made from grapes grown in our CCOF certified organic vineyards that surround our tasting room. We're in the Yorkville Highlands appellation in southern Mendocino County. It's situated between the Anderson Valley and the Alexander Valley. We are unique in offering all seven of the main wine grape varietals traditionally grown in the Bordeaux area of southwest France.

2001 SAUVIGNON BLANC
(Randle Hill Vineyard)
The latest in our series of award winning releases from our oldest vineyard- planted in 1982. Imagine being in a hammock under a mango tree on a tropical island. Intense lush fruit , very lively in the mouth. Pairs well with poultry or fish. Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13%
Sug. Retail $13/bottle


Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

SILVER
Mendocino Fair
BRONZE
West Coast Wine
Competition

2000 ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
(Randle Hill Vineyard)
A white proprietor's blend made from the very best barrels of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Aged 9 months in new French oak. Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13%

Sug. Retail $17/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

3 SILVER
CA State Competition BRONZE
West Coast

1999 Cabernet Franc (Rennie Vineyard)
Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 12.5%
Sug. Retail $17/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

SILVER
New World Intl' BRONZE
SF Chronicle

2001 Semillon Grapes
Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13%
Sug. Retail $14/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

1999 Malbec (Rennie Vineyard)
Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 12.5%
Sug. Retail $17/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

2 SILVER
SF Chronicle

1999 Merlot (Rennie Vineyard)
Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 12.5%
Sug. Retail $18/bottle

 

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

SILVER
West Coast Wine Comp.

1999 Petit Verdot
(Rennie Vineyard) Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 12.5%
Sug. Retail $17/bottle

 

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

3 SILVER
San Diego National Comp.

1999 Cabernet Sauvignon
(Rennie Vineyard)
Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 12.5%
Sug. Retail $19/bottle



Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

GOLD
SF Wine Competition
2 SILVER Calif. State Fair

1999 Richard the Lion-Heart
(Rennie Vineyard)
Sulfites Added
Alcohol Content 13%
Sug. Retail $25/bottle

Certified Organically
Grown Grapes

GOLD
SILVER
Best of Class Calif State Fair

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