Our "Green Friendly" Vineyards
To preserve Amador County's heritage of "Old Vine" Zinfandel, Renwood has selected clones from Amador's most unique head-pruned, dry-farmed old vine zinfandel vineyards. We have heat-treated and bench grafted these cutting onto resistant rootstock. The best sites in the Shenandoah Valley (Amador County) have been selected to plant these first growth vines.Each of our vineyard sites was carefully selected because of the soil, elevation, and sun exposure. We became Amador's first vineyards to plow to the depths of 4 feet. The thousands of tons of rocks were used to line drainage ditches as part of our state of the art erosion control. Silt is collected in basins at the end of each drainage ditch, preventing erosion from entering any streams. We are proud of this technology, which is setting new standards for future vineyards.
Small block irrigation has been installed to give us the opportunity to selectively water our young vines. We have developed a new trellising system that allows us to prevent sunburn, a classic problem in the Sierra Foothills. Our three-wire system, with 8x6 spacing, produces quality grapes for our Renwood wines. Renwood Properties' philosophy is to "merge the best of the old and new world viticulture practices, to preserve our heritage and protect the environment”.