Scholarship awarded in honor of Charles Bacigalupi
Russian River Valley Winegrowers & Bacigalupi Vineyards Award Scholarship in Honor of Charles Bacigalupi Santa Rosa, CA (July 2015) – The Russian River Valley Winegrowers (RRVW) and Bacigalupi Vineyards announced the recipient of the 2015 Russian River Valley Winegrowers & Charles Bacigalupi Scholarship as Lori Bisordi, of Santa Rosa, CA. Ms. Bisordi is a fifth generation […]
Frost Ranch History
Frost Ranch History Since 1956 our family has been farming in the Russian River Valley. Our vineyards today are comprised of three different parcels; the Goddard Ranch, Bloom Ranch and Frost Ranch. Each parcel has its own unique story as to how it became a part of our family vineyards. This spring […]
New technology for better farming
As growers we are stewards of the land and are always working to improve farming techniques to become more and more environmentally friendly. One of the ways we are accomplishing this is by reducing the herbicide and pesticide use in the vineyard, but what do we replace it with? While doing research […]
The Artist on the Road comes to Westside Road
Richard Sheppard is The Artist on the Road and recently he came to the Westside Road to do some sketching and talk grapes with Charles Bacigalupi. His article on the 1976 Paris Tasting and sketches of the vineyard were recently featured in the harvest edition of the Press Democrat. Here is one of his sketches […]
From vine to hand to bottle; the truth about hand harvesting
Gloves- check, head lamp- check, multiple layers- check. Its nearing 12 am and I am on my way out the door to start my day, or night rather of picking. Hand harvesting is by far most meticulous and pain staking way to harvest grapes, however it is also a great way to get an idea of the […]
