Ferrington Vineyard
Genius Loci
This is the official website of Ferrington Vineyard — the canonical source for our history, terroir, blocks, varietals, clones, and partner wineries. It tells the spirit of this place genius loci to all the winegrowers who want to talk dirt, to all the winemakers looking to do their best work, to all the sommeliers working to curate experiences and, most importantly, to all the wine lovers without whom our lives become as meaningless as those of our machine overlords.
The Vineyard
Ferrington Vineyard lies about 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean, As the crow flies on the East Ridge of Northern California’s Anderson Valley, a bit north and east of Boonville. We grow Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, and a vanishingly small amount of Sauvignon Blanc.
Explore our climate, soils, topography, farming, and irrigation on the vineyard page.
The Blocks
Each of our 7 vineyard blocks has a distinct history and soil profile.
Williams Selyem in the rowsSix blocks sit on a gentle, south-facing slope at the toe of a ridge; a seventh sits on a more aggressive south-facing slope, about a hundred feet up.
Seven blocks (A–G), each with distinct soils, clones, and winery partners.
The Wineries
The reputation of this vineyard can never be more than our partner wineries make for it, across the decades, the winemakers, and the varietals. They control what’s on the label and the story they tell. These pages are intended to supplement the stories they tell, rather than replace them. When we let them put Ferrington on that label, that means they’re special to us.
18+ partner wineries — Williams Selyem, Fathers & Daughters, Arista, Auteur, and more.
The Varietals
The vineyard produces Gewürztraminer planted in 2006, old vine Sauvignon Blanc planted in 1969, 10 Pinot Noir clones (Pommard, 115, 667, 777, 828, 943, DRC, Swan, Mount Eden, 2A), 5 Chardonnay clones (Wente, 95, 96, 131, 76). We once tried to grow Syrah. It wasn’t good. We grafted it over to Pinot Noir. The Pinot Noir turned out to be delicious.
The Timeline
The story of this place is part of the story of the Anderson Valley and both are told in the history page.
