Wild Yeast Wine

- Sheep
- Snakes
- Wildflowers
- Trees

Books and Links

Books that have informed our philosophy of perennial crop production in general and specifically of the Mourvedre and Zinfandel grapes growing in the vineyard:

Bettiga, Larry J. et al. Wine Grape Varieties in California. 2003 Oakland: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3419.

Bowling, Barbara L.. The Berry Grower's Companion. 2000. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, Inc.

Brown, Azby. Just Enough: lessons in living green from traditional Japan. 2013. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publ.

Fukuoka, Masanobu. The One-Straw Revolution: an introduction to natural farming. 2009. New York: New York Review of Books.

Lowry, Judith Larner. Gardening with a Wild Heart: restoring California's native landscapes at home. 1999. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Reemelin, Charles. Vine-Dresser's Manual. 2001. Applewood Books.

Winkler, A.J., A. Cook, W.M.Kliewer, and L.A. Lider. General Viticulture. 1974. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Young, Jon. What the Robin Knows: how birds reveal the secrets of the natural world. 2012. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Links to learn about Zinfandel and Mourvedre grapes and wild yeast fermentation:

http://www.enologyinternational.com/yeast/wildyeast.html

http://www.vindefrance-cepages.org/en/encyclopedie-des-cepages-de-france-mourvedre-23

http://iv.ucdavis.edu/Viticultural_Information/?uid=21&ds=351

http://iv.ucdavis.edu/Viticultural_Information/?uid=40&ds=351

http://www.wildfermentation.com/vegetable-fermentation-further-simplified-2/

http://www.BringingBackTheNatives.net

The annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour is my favorite thing to do with friends. We spend our Sunday driving to visit gardens where people have planted native California flowers, trees, shrubs and grasses in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. I pack a lunch and we have so much fun together. I’m looking forward to hearing Judith Larner Lowery speak about edible native California plants this year and learning all I can about growing these beautiful plants that require no water during the summer months once established.