Buttonwood Farm Winery and Vineyard

Our estate vineyard is planted on the hilltop mesa overlooking the tasting room, orchard, and lower vegetable gardens. The vineyard is a set of rolling and undulating hills, each planted to a grape varietal best suited to that particular location. The vines are all planted on their own roots, set into the classic 8’x10′ spacing. Vineyard Manager Armando Zepeda has been farming the vineyard since it was first planted and seems to know each vine personally. Armando is joined in the vineyard by his son-in-law Lupe Flores, soil consultant Stan Kadota and viticulturist Francisco Ramirez. Harvest generally begins in September of each year, followed by the planting of a cover crop of barley, sweet pea, and fava beans for the winter months. January brings the pruning crew, with each vine cane-pruned, with bud-break generally arriving in March, fruit set in May, and veraison in July/August.