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  • ABOUT
    • People
    • Estate
    • Animals
  • WINE
    • Winemaking
    • Checkboard wines
    • Aurora
    • Coyote ridge
    • Nash creek
    • Kings row
    • Sauvignon blanc
    • Rosé
  • CONTACT/VISIT
    • Contact
    • Mailing List
  • LOGIN
  • TRADE

WINEMAKING AT CHECKERBOARD VINEYARDS

Farming practices at Checkerboard Vineyards are based on long-term sustainability and includes water conservation and monitoring, permanent cover crops planted in alternating rows to reduce erosion and sediment runoff, protection of our habitat along Nash Creek, and the use of entomology for pest control and to create soils with more organic matter and better microbiology. Checkerboard Vineyards is a member of the Fish Friendly Farming certification program to follow environmentally-friendly land practices and better manage water quality.