Wine Business Monthly- GrapegrowingNovember 1, 2024 A Q&A with Mark Neal This forum features ways vintners, winemakers, growers and viticulturists evaluate and adopt new innovations to grow grapes and make wine-with a special focus on building climate resilience. Who is Mark Neal?ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC GROWER AND VINTNER: Mark Neal, owner, Jack Neal & Son Vineyard […]
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Mark Neal is the owner and founder of Neal Family Vineyards, a boutique winery focused on crafting organic wines from 100% Biodynamic® vineyards and the first Napa winery to become Regenerative Organic Certified®. Known as one of the first pioneers of organic farming in Napa, Mark and his father started the vineyard management company Jack
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Neal Vineyards and its famed winemaking and farming Napa Valley history is featured in the iconic book of wine, The World in a Wineglass by Ray Isle. “‘The moral of that story was drilled into me from day one: Know your farmer. Otherwise, who the hell knows what you’re eating. Or drinking.’ Jack Neal, Mark’s
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Summer’s end is an ideal time to gather with friends for a relaxing cookout before fall activities and the impending holiday season kick into gear. Sure, you’ll still be lighting the grill for the next several months, but scheduling becomes more difficult as everyone is going in different directions. Guests love to be greeted with
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The 23rd edition of the Annual Cellar Depletion Party & Neal Family Scholarship Fundraiser was held May 20th at Neal Vineyards Estate on Howell Mountain. The 2023 Neal Family Scholarship Recipients are Arleth Bautista, who will be attending Cal Poly SLO and Talia Ricci, who will be attending UC Berkeley. The Neal Family Scholarship was
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The Neal Family has been hosting an annual cellar depletion party for 22 years, sharing the wines out of Mark’s personal cellar. Originally, the funds directly supported the St. Helena Montessori School. In 2014, when Jessica, Zachary, and Demitria were all students at St. Helena High School, Mark established the Neal Family Scholarship to assist college students in their pursuit of the study of agriculture, with the recipient being announced at the annual Neal Family Cellar Depletion Dinner.
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Farming techniques for vineyards When it comes to vineyards, and most farming, previous seasons can affect the next. It is important for farmers to interpret the uncontrollable, Mother Nature, to then know when and how to react for a successful season. The key to farming is that it is all about patience & timing. As
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What’s Happening in the Wine Cellar “Currently, our wines have all fully completed fermentation and malolactic fermentation. The wines have been racked and sulfited as well. The finished wines will then be clear, clean and ready to properly assess in a technical tasting. The 2021 vintage was relatively early, quite condensed and had no particularly
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