What is Bud Break in the Vineyards?
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…
Behind the Scenes
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.
How to Prune Grapevines: Vineyard Farming for Winemaking
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…
2017 Best Wine Video Bloopers & Behind the Scenes Outtakes
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…
10 Surprising Stories Revealed About Jordan Winery
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…
10 Fun Facts About Jordan Wine Corks
Wine corks are a very serious business at Jordan. When it takes four years from harvest to release for a bottle of Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon to be uncorked by our customers, we want to do whatever…
How Olive Oil is Made in Sonoma: How to Make Extra Virgin Olive Oil Video
Since 1997, Jordan Winery has made small-batch, high-quality extra virgin olive oil from Italian and Spanish olive trees planted on our 1,200-acre estate in Sonoma County, California. The art of how olive oil is made for…
How the 2017 California Heat Wave Affected Vineyards: Sonoma County Grape Harvest Update
After a cool, foggy August, the 2017 Sonoma County grape harvest kicked off at Jordan Winery on August 30 with Russian River Valley chardonnay grapes—all night-harvested by hand. With continued moderate weather, we were hoping to…
Employee GoPro Video Contest Winners Announced
Last Christmas, John Jordan gifted all winery employees a GoPro HERO camera and challenged each of us to create a video that would capture “a day in our life at work.” Soon, the first-ever Jordan Winery…
Grape Veraison Photo Essay: Vineyard Grapes Photography
This gallery of grapes photography shows wine grape veraison in progress. The definition of veraison is the onset of ripening. This French word is used throughout the world’s vineyards to describe the color change of red…
Sonoma County Grape Harvest is Coming: A 2017 Vintage Growing Season Report
The 2017 vintage growing season thus far reminds me of resetting a watch back to my regular time zone after a long international flight. Mother Nature has finally hit the reset button on grape growing conditions…
“Despacito Embotellado” Official Wine Music Video Despacito Parody
When bottling a smooth wine like the 2015 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon, we had to take it despacito. Hope you enjoy our “Despacito” parody music video, “Despacito Embotellado,” inspired by Luis Fonsi’s hit song, which will be…
Five Key Factors to Making 2015 Jordan Chardonnay
A more difficult vintage than its three predecessors, 2015 underscores the importance of selecting the right vineyard sites and being proactive with farming practices when Mother Nature throws curve balls. Here are the five key factors…