The Benziger Family Winery has just released the 2007 and 2008 vintages of the Puma Springs Cabernet as part of their single vineyard program.  The wines are a limited production bottling available only at the Benziger Family Winery tasting room in Glen Ellen and on-line. 

2010 proved to be another very challenging year in the vineyard, with the weather playing havoc all year long. Unlike 2009 we did manage to get a small harvest this year, but both quality and quantity were well below what we had hoped for.

Merlot grapes being harvested and sorted, harvest 2010.

This summer after a three year process Puma Springs Vineyards finally gained the coveted Demeter Biodynamic® and USDA certification for the grapes grown at the farm.

With weather reported directly from our vineyard and updated several times a day.

These meetings are held every month in the spring and early summer and are an opportunity for growers in the region to share their farming practices with other growers and learn what each other are doing.

Approximately 50 Sonoma County growers gathered at Puma Springs Vineyards to learn about how we are implementing Biodynamic farming practices, and see demonstrations of under vine weeding, and some a new tractor designed for narrow vine row applications. We also had John Schuster of Wild Wing Company give a fascinating talk on using owls in the vineyard for gopher control.

Pictures of the meeting courtesy of Don Wallace at Picture Book Publishing