About Mendocino Wine Country
Mendocino County is California's most organically farmed wine region — over half of the county's vineyards are certified organic or biodynamic, a legacy of the back-to-land movement that drew farmers here in the 1970s alongside the county's deep environmental ethos.
Anderson Valley, in the coastal hills west of Ukiah, is the crown jewel. The valley's narrow, fog-filled corridor produces Pinot Noir and Gewürztraminer of extraordinary elegance — cool enough for sparkling wine production at Roederer Estate, and structured enough for Littorai and Goldeneye to produce benchmark California Pinot.
Inland, the Redwood Valley, Ukiah Valley, and Potter Valley warm considerably, producing powerful Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Cabernet from organically farmed old vines. The county is navigated in two distinct zones: the coastal Anderson Valley with its wine tourism infrastructure in Boonville and Philo, and the warmer inland valleys around Ukiah and Hopland.
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