Three thousand of the original vines were planted on AXR these vines are all in the process of being replanted.
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Our vines are planted primarily on 5C rootstock, plus some 110R and 1103 Paulson. No herbicides, pesticides or synthetic fungicides are used (wettable sulfur is applied for mildew control). This cover crop provides habitat for all the vineyard insects and creatures, aerates the soil and increases organic matter in the soil. Permanent cover crops such as rose and crimson clover, Persian nitro clover, Zorro fescue and blando brome grass are allowed to reseed before mowing and cultivation. The vineyard has always been tended within the guidelines of organic, sustainable farming. The viticulture area at the time was called the Napa Redwoods.īill & Kathy purchased the 160-acre parcel adjacent to Wing Canyon in 1982, and by 1986 five acres were cleared, terraced and planted with 3,000 vines, including cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot and chardonnay.
The Bauer Estate was expanded to 60 acres, planted primarily to Tokay. We believe these ponds were in the area where Enchanted Hills is now located and possibly his land extended to Dry Creek Road. He was also known for his penchant for carp, which he raised in man-made ponds by the tens of thousands among his mountainside vineyards. In the 1860’s he grew and produced the mountains first wines, six bottles of which he entered into the Napa County Fair in 1864. He initiated plans for a stagecoach trail up the eponymously named Wing Canyon and was also credited with the birth of viticulture on Mt. In the 1853 Captian Stalham Wing arrived in Napa from Toledo, Ohio. Loggers were the first Europeans to come to the area, attracted by the large beautiful redwoods. We have discovered quite a few of their beautiful obsidian arrowheads and stone tools while clearing our vineyard slope for planting. Veeder was inhabited by the Wappo Indians, who subsisted on plentiful wild game and plants. Wing Canyon Vineyard is located at the southern end of the Mayacamas mountain range that separates the Napa and Sonoma Valleys and is within the Mount Veeder sub-appellation of the Napa Valley AVA.įor many centuries Mt.
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