04/14/2026
The season has begun. Bud break in the Dundee Hills arrived April 1st through 5th depending on site, varietal, and clone. No better moment to evaluate our soils and cover crop success.
This year we grew particularly robust, fibrous crops, some with tap roots, working to aerate the soil horizon, build structure, and support pollination habitat. More than anything, we’re proud of how alive these Holstein Estate parcels are. Wild and effusive with energy.
Fully absent of the herbicides far too many have become dependent on. Perhaps one day our entire region will stand up and reject synthetic applications to the soil that sustains us in more ways than wine.