Ferrington Vineyard
Genius Loci
These pages tell 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 devoid of meaning and approach the emptiness 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 for the best winemakers in the world. As long as if by ‘the world’ you understand we mean ‘Mendocino and Sonoma Counties’.
You can read all about our climate, soil, topography, farming and irrigation techniques in the vineyard page.
The Blocks
Each of our 7 vineyard blocks has a distinct history and soil profile.
Six 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.
We’ve organized our blocks, their varietals, and the wineries making wine from them for you in the blocks page.
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.
We’ve organized our partner wineries and winemakers, the varietals they work with, and their blocks on our wineries page.
The Varietals
The vineyard produces Gewürztraminer planted in 2006, old vine Sauvignon Blanc planted in 1969, ten different clones of Pinot Noir, and five different clones of Chardonnay. 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.
We’ve organized our varietals and clones, the blocks in which they’re grown, and which of our wineries and winemakers work with which clones on the varietals page.
The Timeline
The story of this place is part of the story of the Anderson Valley and both are told in the history page.
