LIVE supports environmentally and socially responsible wine growing through third party certification. Beyond our mission to craft exceptional wines, our desire to maintain our practice of environmental responsibility is of utmost importance to us. An internationally accredited certification, LIVE ensures that our wine growing practices reflect our socially and environmentally conscious drive to leave our planet better than we found it. Both Windfall Vineyards and Anahata are LIVE Certified.
We teamed up with Emily Schmiedel, lead beekeeper for Jacobsen Salt Co. in 2019 to introduce Italian honeybees at Anahata Vineyard. Not only do the bees play a key role in the beauty of the vineyard, they provide a nutritional value creating a sustainable natural environment for the long term health of the property. A significant added benefit to having the bees on property is honey! A recommendation from Emily was to label the honey the same way we do our wines from the vineyard. There is clearly some quality hues when stating that our honey is produced from a LIVE Certified, Single vineyard Estate from the Eola Amity Hills AVA.
In the development of the Windfall Vineyard it was important to us to reduce the impact on the property’s original form. To keep the integrity of the environment, we selected a 40 acre savanna of Oaks and other indigenous trees to remain untouched. This savanna provides a healthy ecosystem to the vineyard and its surroundings.
The Windfall Reservoir is not actually on the 117-acre parcel, it is however, located on an additional 7 acre plot of land that has an evergreen lease from a neighboring property. The reservoir is fed by three streams that come from the Eola-Amity Hills. This reservoir stores 24.5 acre feet of water which equates to 84 million gallons for the purpose of irrigating the vineyard. The footprint of the reservoir is 5.5 acres in circumference and 9 feet deep. The water from the reservoir is pumped up to the pumphouse located halfway up the southeast portion of the Windfall vineyard.
Salmon-Safe farming protects local waterways and wildlife by reducing runoff, conserving water, and avoiding harmful chemicals. For both Anahata and Windfall, our sustainable practices keep rivers clean and support the health of native salmon habitats.
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