Tag: landscape

Vinography Images: Autumn Rows
Grapevines, depending on both variety and vine health, turn bright colors in the autumn before their leaves drop off and

Vinography Images: Oaks and Vines
A carefully constructed patchwork of beautiful hillside vineyards is tucked amongst the California Live Oaks on the hillsides of Napa

Vinography Images: Winter Guardian
A small weather-worn statue seems to stand guard over the rolling vineyards of Burgundy near the town of Saint-Romain on

Vinography Images: Mossy Branches
A mossy sentinel oak stands watch over a greening winter vineyard in Sonoma’s Knight’s Valley. One of the least-known sub-appellations

Vinography Images: Winter Zinfandel
Zinfandel vines hunkered down for the winter are seen through a cold morning mist in Alexander Valley. Sonoma County plays

Vinography Images: First Light
The first rays of morning light strike a vineyard in the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA, high on the northern coast of

Vinography Images: A Monument to Cabernet
The Alexander Valley is one of California’s least-appreciated winegrowing regions, sitting as it does in the proverbial shadow of its

Vinography Images: Pile of Rocks
Lake Sonoma sits as a backdrop of blue against the vineyards of the Rockpile AVA in Sonoma County. Known for

Vinography Images: Bloom Time
Delicate flowers that will eventually become grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon are caught by the sun in Sonoma’s Alexander Valley. Having

Vinography Images: Sonoma Swells
The rolling hills and morning fog look like ocean swells in Gallo’s Two Rock Vineyard just outside of Cotati in

Vinography Images: Sonoma Anything-But-Plain
SANTA ROSA, CA: Morning mists still cling to parts of the countryside across the plains of Santa Rosa in the

Vinography Images: On Their Way
A cluster of Chardonnay grapes ripens at Durell Vineyard in Sonoma County. Durrell was transformed from a cattle ranch into

Vinography Images: Frost Fighter
The slope of a vineyard curves smoothly against the sky towards a low point occupied by a frost fan at

Vinography Images: Night Light
A tractor rigged with lights prepares for an early morning pick in the To Kalon Vineyard in Oakville. Arguably Napa’s

Vinography Images: Morning View
The morning sun creeps up the end posts of one of Kistler’s vineyards in the hills, looking down on the

Vinography Images: Old and New
Rolling hills in Carneros off of Dealy Lane show the fading colors of autumn grape vines even as the fresh