Our hands-on vineyard practices

Each vineyard has its own soil, microclimate and character. Every decision we make, from harvesting the grapes at their peak to monitoring each vineyard daily — sometimes as early as four in the morning — results in wines with smooth, consistently great flavors.

How we make Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi wines:

  • Source each grape variety from the vineyards with the best climate and soil conditions, where the grapes can thrive
  • Check each vineyard daily, monitoring the development of sugar, flavor and acidity
  • Harvest grapes at peak levels of flavor
  • Keep wines from each vineyard lot separate during the aging process to see which vineyards are producing the best wine
  • Use natural vineyard management whenever possible, in keeping with our philosophy of land stewardship