J. Rickards Winery

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Celebrating 50 years of farming our vineyards this year - 2026! For Sales, Wine Pick Ups, Tasting and Appointment information, please click here: https://www.jrwinery.com/visit-us

06/19/2026

Welcome to Jim's Journal - the June 2026 Edition! Jim Rickards is checking the progress in the newly grafted Cab Franc vineyard. Then next, Jim is out in his experimental vineyard where we are looking at vines that were grafted over to Negro Amaro last year. Negro Amaro is an Italian wine grape variety, known for its beautiful color and bold, black fruit flavors and Jim wanted to give it a try. So, today's video is a viticulture tutorial on how to train young grapevines into the direction you want them to go. They are growing well and now the new canes need to be trained to bilateral cordons. Jim demonstrates how this is done. Whether you are getting started with your own grapevines, appreciate how good wine grapes are grown or just really like wine, this is a fascinating process. Please join us!

Winegrowers of Alexander Valley Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce Geyserville Chamber of Commerce

Today at 5 pm on Facebook, it’s the June 2026 Edition of Jim’s Journal! Jim Rickards is checking the progress in the new...
06/18/2026

Today at 5 pm on Facebook, it’s the June 2026 Edition of Jim’s Journal! Jim Rickards is checking the progress in the newly grafted Cab Franc vineyard and then next, is out in his experimental vineyard, checking out the vines that last year, were grafted over to a new variety (for us) Negro Amaro, an Italian red wine grape! These young vines are growing like weeds and need to be trained into a bilateral cordon system. Please join us at 5 pm to see how this is done. Cheers!


Winegrowers of Alexander Valley Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce Geyserville Chamber of Commerce

Here's the latest Pawsitive Pic from our newest tasting room associate, Lindy - Cherie and Dudley are Lindy and her fami...
06/15/2026

Here's the latest Pawsitive Pic from our newest tasting room associate, Lindy - Cherie and Dudley are Lindy and her family's pups. Cherie is a 5-year-old Chocolate Lab and Dudley is a 14-year-old Springer Spaniel. These pooches are friendly, outgoing, super cute, and always ready for fun!

OPEN BARN at J. Rickards Winery!Happening this Saturday - June 20, 2026 - 11 AM 3 PM Please RSVP by Wednesday, June 1...
06/15/2026

OPEN BARN at J. Rickards Winery!
Happening this Saturday - June 20, 2026 - 11 AM 3 PM
Please RSVP by Wednesday, June 17

Our Open Barn will feature a perfect wine-pairing bowl of Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad. Taste a selection of our award-winning wines and enjoy the spectacular view from our patio and picnic grounds. We’ll be offering vineyard tours, as well. And, it will be a great time to stock up on summertime wines!

Since we are also participating in the Wine Road 50th Anniversary event “The Good Ol’ Days”* we’re asking our guests for Open Barn to make a reservation - then the wine tastings, food pairing, tours, patio or picnic table seating, etc., are all complimentary this round! You must be 21+ years of age to attend; no pets at this event, please. Please call us at (707) 367-7741 to make your reservation.
* Visit the Wine Road website www.wineroad.com for more information about their offer, which requires $5 registration per taster to visit 20 wineries for complimentary tasting of three wines.

Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce Geyserville Chamber of Commerce

Congratulations to Jorge Alcazar, our Vineyard Foreman, on his recent graduation from the Leadership Academy through the...
06/12/2026

Congratulations to Jorge Alcazar, our Vineyard Foreman, on his recent graduation from the Leadership Academy through the Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation! We are very proud of Jorge, his hard work and this achievement. Center right photo: Jorge is joined by his wife, Aguida Arias Carillo (left), his daughter Citali Smith (right) and Citali's daughter (Jorge and Aguida's granddaughter) Raelyn. Jim Rickards was there for the ceremony and celebration too. Hats off to Jorge and his family!

Photographer, Will Bucquoy
Lower right photo from Citali Smith

06/12/2026

Today’s video are highlights from last Saturday’s Brad & Jim Show Live event, held on our tasting room patio. Hosts were Brad Beard of Mercury Wine and our Jim Rickards. It was a really delightful afternoon of wine and food pairing mixed with casual and informative conversation. There were lots of great questions from our fabulous audience and both Brad & Jim shared fun stories. Overall, it was a truly wonderful experience! Thank you to our guests and everyone who helped make the day so special!

Tonight's video will be up shortly and will be hightlights from last Saturday's Brad & Jim Live event. Thanks for your p...
06/12/2026

Tonight's video will be up shortly and will be hightlights from last Saturday's Brad & Jim Live event. Thanks for your patience.

OPEN BARN at J. Rickards Winery!Saturday, June 20, 2026 - 11 AM 3 PM Our Open Barn will feature a perfect wine-pairin...
06/09/2026

OPEN BARN at J. Rickards Winery!
Saturday, June 20, 2026 - 11 AM 3 PM

Our Open Barn will feature a perfect wine-pairing bowl of Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad. Taste a selection of our award-winning wines and enjoy the spectacular view from our patio and picnic grounds. We’ll be offering vineyard tours, as well. And, it will be a great time to stock up on summertime wines!

Since we are also participating in the Wine Road 50th Anniversary event “The Good Ol’ Days”* we’re asking our guests for Open Barn to make a reservation - then the wine tastings, food pairing, tours, patio or picnic table seating, etc., are all complimentary this round! You must be 21+ years of age to attend; no pets at this event, please. Please call us at (707) 367-7741 to make your reservation.

* Visit the Wine Road website www.wineroad.com for more information about their offer, which requires $5 registration per taster to visit 20 wineries for complimentary tasting of three wines - no reservations required.

Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce Geyserville Chamber of Commerce

06/05/2026

Spring Barn Owl Census at J. Rickards! Today, Casey O’Connell, Senior Animal Technician from Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is here with Jim Rickards, checking on all of our Barn Owl boxes.

Notes from Jim: What we are aiming for is to get an estimation of our owl population throughout the vineyards by looking in the owl boxes and seeing who (“hoo hoo”) is there. This year, seems to be different, at least the timing seems to be different than other years. It appears that we had two arrivals of Barn Owls to nest here. An early one and a later one. The weather in late winter and early spring was warmer than usual so I’m thinking that our overwintering pairs of owls got busy early. The early arrivals have already raised their babies and they have fledged. We recently had a fledgling barn owl hanging out in the trees outside our tasting room for a few days before it moved on. The later group that arrived are still laying eggs because four of our boxes had eggs in them.

Please join us to learn more and experience a beautiful late spring ride through the vineyards. You can learn more about Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue and the work they do here:
https://scwildliferescue.org/

Address

24505 Chianti Road
Cloverdale, CA
95425

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

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+17073677741

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