Beautiful 445 Acre Farm with 149 Acres of CCOF Vineyards at the Headwaters of the Russian River
It breaks my heart to see the video online about the sale of McFadden Farm and Vineyard because McFadden has been one of my shining stars for 15 years. It was part of my introduction to organic viticulture.
Nestled in bucolic Potter Valley, Guinness McFadden and his family made this into one of California’s most incredible wine grape sites, selling Riesling to Chateau Montelena and making some of the best, affordable sparkling wines around. (I used to buy about 7 cases a year when I was in the money). He started as a grower and then became a vintner later on (see Blue Quail), like many former Bonterra growers up there in inland Mendocino, where there is lower disease pressure.
I recently upgraded to the current OS on Mac...Despite numerous calls to Apple tech support and Google Help searches, Google's blogspot platform is apparently no longer able to post photos in my stories. I do not see why not - it all seems kind of senseless and a huge drawback to using Goggle's popular blog software. Therefore like many wine journalists and writers, I am publishing more easily on Substack where I also have a way of categorizing regions. Check it out here.
To see this story (accompanied by the intended photos head) on over to...
https://organicwineuncorked.substack.com/p/bucolic-mendocino-vineyard-and-farm
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