Bright tractor lights silhouetting pickers during a night pick

Cecchini Ranch
AVA: Contra Costa County

Year Planted: 2001
Acres: 25 total planted; 4.5 acres of Muscat blanc
Varietal: Muscat blanc
Elevation: 33 ft
Soil: Clay Loam
Farming: Organic

This property has been farmed with a strong emphasis on organic practices, soil building, and minimal intervention since 2017. The vineyard ground is chemical free, irrigation is used as little as possible and biodiversity is maintained and supported. For many years, the vineyard shared the property with First Generation Farmers, an organic community farm and farm education campus that taught and demonstrated the highest standards of organic farming in the USA.

Photos & description by Erggelet Brothers

Grapevines with Mount Diablo in the background
Bee boxes in a field next to the vineyard
The tractor parked in front of the vines