Reflections on Food & Farm

What does anyone want more than deeply delicious, thoroughly satisfying, comfort food? This dish is that in spades. The foundation is fresh (ideally from a local farmer) Spring lamb, well-flavored but not at all gamey. The preparation is simple and straightforward,...

Walk through DaVero's vineyards on a spring morning, and you'll notice something different underfoot. The soil is dark, crumbly, and alive—teeming with earthworms, beneficial fungi, and microbial diversity. At DaVero Farms & Winery, great wine doesn't begin in the...

The concept of diversity is central to Biodynamic farming – a concept that embraces both farmed plants and wild plants, and both raised animals and wild animals. We've seen first-hand how successful this approach is, and what a crucial role animals play in both...

Hello Davero friends! We’ve just wrapped up the 2025 grape harvest — and what a season it turned out to be. This year stood out for one clear reason: a dramatically cooler ripening season, far below what we typically see. To get a better idea of how much cooler this...

California's climate is Mediterranean – something that most who live here understand implicitly. What few understand, however, is that it's nothing like the climate of Bordeaux or Burgundy. Even fewer realize that the white grapes most commonly grown in California –...

Here in the heart of Healdsburg, we’re farming beyond sustainability, toward regeneration. At DaVero Farms & Winery, we grow Italian grape varieties in Sonoma County with a deep reverence for the land. As a regenerative agriculture winery, our goal isn’t to...

Italian wine has long stood for passion, heritage, and complexity. And while we're thousands of miles from Italy's rolling hills, we've found that those same Italian grape varieties like Sangiovese, Barbera, and Fiano thrive in California – especially at our farm in...

At DaVero Farms & Winery in Healdsburg, California, winemaking isn't just a craft—it’s an extension of our deep relationship with the land. Rooted in over 25 years of farming, with biodynamic conversion beginning in 2008, our approach nurtures living soils,...