Lavender Hill Vineyards

Healdsburg ~ Dry Creek Valley ~ Sonoma County ~ California

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Our Mediterranean-style climate and superb location is conducive to rapid plant growth; anything we put in the ground immediately flourishes.  As evidence of this, zucchini from our garden swept first, second and third places at the 2005Healdsburg Farmers' Market Giant Zucchini Contest!  Additionally, Scott's zucchini took second and third place at the 2006 Farmer's market, being narrowly edged out by a professional farmer from Windsor.  See the monster zucchinis here.  Much bigger than a garden, but not quite a farm, Lavender Hill Vineyards consists of:

Zinfandel Vineyard

We have two blocks of grapes:  Primitivo and Zinfandel.  Block One was planted in spring of 2000 and consists of approximately 1.2 acres of St. George rootstock with a mix of Primitivo and "Old Vine" clone Zinfandel.  Block Two, of approximately two acres, was just planted in spring of 2004 and will yield its first vintage in 2006 from the "Deaver" clone.  To see a picture of our Zinfandel vineyard, click here.  Our 2004 vintage will be available in early 2007 from Manzanita Creek Winery.  Passalacqua Winery is producing the 2005 vintage and beyond.  We've had some preliminary tastes of the wine from our vineyard, which prompted us to coin the term "ZinGasm!"™.  Pictures of the 2006 grape harvest can be found here.  Here's also what Passalacqua Winery winemaker Margaret Davenport had to say bout the 2005 vintage in her Summer 2006 newsletter:

        "Lastly, we’ve made Primitivo with grapes from our friends Scott and Bill at Lavender Hill Vineyards, high above West Dry Creek Road. The vineyard is young and the resulting wine is vibrant and racy, with a raspberry-cranberry component overlaying a unique spiciness. We only have three barrels this year—thankfully, they’re planting more!"

 

Lavender Fields

In 2001, we planted the first of three separate blocks of Lavender on our property.  In 2002 and 2003, we planted two more blocks.  Today, we have approximately 3,000 plants under cultivation.  We focus our efforts on providing fresh cut lavender to the crafts and essential oils market.  If you are interested in a commercial, wholesale source of supply for fresh Lavender, please call us at 707-433-8989 or send an email to info@lavenderhillvineyards.com.  Also, our Pick-Your-Own (PYO) method is available to the public from approximately mid-June through August.

Olive Orchard

Given our ideal Mediterranean climate, our grove is made up of the traditional Tuscan varieties:  Leccino, Frontoio, Pendolino.  We planted the olives in 2000 as 15 gallon specimens.  The trees are now 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide.  Our 30 trees will yield approximately 20 gallons of oil when harvested in late 2006.  Click here to see a picture of our olive grove.

 

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