Go behind the scenes at Jordan Winery to learn how wine is made, from farming grapes in the vineyard to winemaking in the barrel cellar.
With 40 harvests under his belt, Winemaker Rob Davis knows his way around the vineyard… and the cellar. Although reluctant to share, Rob reveals his four secrets to making the best Russian River Valley Chardonnay in…
Each summer, grapes begin to change color in our vineyards. The beginning of ripening, grape veraison is the time in a vine’s annual lifecycle when the red grapes change from green to purple hues. Veraison, French…
Mother Nature has a track record of rewarding grape farmers and winemakers the year after a challenging vintage, and we were hoping grape harvest history would repeat itself with an incredible vintage in 2018 to follow…
Ripping is not a glamorous word, certainly not one to associate with enjoying a fine glass of wine in moderation. But our soils at Jordan Winery are getting ripped—vineyard by vineyard, block by block—over the next…
Bottling wine might look like one of the easiest parts of winemaking—machines are doing much of the work, after all—but the ease of muscle during bottling season is replaced with a barrel full of anxiety because…
After a more challenging vintage in 2015, Mother Nature was very kind to the grapes throughout the 2016 growing season in Sonoma County, allowing us to make phenomenal wines from the 41st harvest at Jordan Winery.…
Even though school is out during summer, it’s math time in the vineyards. June and July are the months where grape cluster counting takes place. Grape cluster counting literally means walking through vineyard rows counting grapes…
Guests who visit Jordan Winery expect to see a grand French chateau, towering wine barrels and decanters being filled with cabernet sauvignon. But, for the next seven years, we’ll also be giving them a different kind…
There is no mistaking it—bud break is that glorious moment that happens in the vineyard each spring as the vines wake up from their winter dormancy. All winter long, grapevines stood lifeless and bare, but as…
Winter is an important time of rejuvenation in wine country. All winter long, the vineyards sleep, recharging for the intense growing season that is soon to come. By November or December, the grapevines enter into their…
Every year for the Jordan Winery employee holiday party, we create a compilation video of our favorite bloopers, outtakes and behind the scenes footage from all the Jordan Winery videos shot that year. Thirty Jordan wine…
Most people know Jordan as one of the top cabernet sauvignon brands they choose when dining at a nice restaurant or their favorite winery to visit in Napa and Sonoma for food and wine pairings. As…
