Winemaker Nate Wall and Nomblot Tank Expert Phillip Taratko Discuss Using Concrete Winemaking Vessels at Troon Vineyard ..read more

Troon Vineyard’s director of agriculture Garett Long and biodynamic consultant Andrew Beedy discuss farming by the Moon at Troon Vineyard ..read more

The Rhône Rangers represent not a region or single grape variety but a shared vision. With a name brought to fame on an old Wine Spectator cover, a unique wine organization was born. The Annual Rhône Rangers Experience held in Paso Robles this February — and every February — is a testament to their — our — vision. This year’s event, the 19th, saw over eighty wineries presenting their wines to more than five hundred passionate consumers. In my decades of doing wine events, I have never encountered a better-educated group of consumers. When you pour a roussanne or cinsault few attendees say I’v ..read more

Troon vineyard winemaker Nate Wall and assistant winemaker Hannah Thorning review harvest 2023 in our new podcast episode ..read more

“Matter is energy. In the universe there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person’s soul. However, this “soul” does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved owing to man’s unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia,” Monty’s Python’s Meaning of Life. Attention. Observation. These were the skills that kept you alive in the time before television, the Internet, and ..read more

We recently hosted a day-long Biodynamic Preparation-making workshop at Troon Vineyard in Oregon's Applegate Valley with Biodynamic farmers Marjory House and Garett Long. In this episode, they discuss the workshop, what makes the Preparations effective, and look at the future of Biodynamic farming. There is a companion video of the Preparation-making workshop that can be viewed at this link ..read more

In this episode of our Troon Talk Podcast, Biodynamic Consultant Andrew Beedy and Troon’s Director of Agriculture Garett Long discuss making the compost preparations. Every fall, our next-door neighbors at Noble Organic Dairy Farm deliver 400 tons of cow manure to us at Troon Vineyard and Farm. To this treasure, we add the pomace from our harvest, kitchen scraps, garden, and landscaping residue, and biodynamic hay we grow on our farm. Then, when the piles are constructed, the last additions transform these raw materials from compost to biodynamic compost. To this massive mass of refuse and m ..read more

We are very proud to make our own Biodynamic Preparations at Troon Vineyard. Join our team as they make Biodynamic Preparation 502 from Yarrow ..read more

Winery tours have become increasingly boring over the last few decades. The rows of stainless steel tanks and stacks of beautiful new French Oak barrels became the norm. Of course, as the wineries became boring — so did the wines. The wines increasingly became the product of the vessels and additives, not the vineyard where the grapes were grown. Modern technology was so ubiquitous in the cellar that shiny tanks and new barrels became the norm — the traditional way of winemaking. Clearly, this is not based on historical winemaking. Clay vessels, concrete, large well-used wood tanks and barrel ..read more

It is no secret that agricultural workers are abused and exploited. This applies to the entire world, but that it happens so blatantly in wealthy countries like the United States is particularly shameful. From the beginning, this has been one of the major attractions to me about Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC). There are three pillars to be scaled to achieve Regenerative Organic Gold certification. At Troon Vineyard, as we were already certified CCOF Organic and Demeter Biodynamic®, we were well along on the Agricultural and Animal Welfare pillars. Still, the Social Welfare pillar wa ..read more