Easy Braised Lamb Shanks

Easy Braised Lamb Shanks

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,...
How Animals Support Our Vineyards

How Animals Support Our Vineyards

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...
Harvest 2025 – A Recap From our Farm Manager

Harvest 2025 – A Recap From our Farm Manager

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...
Is Vermentino California’s Best White?

Is Vermentino California’s Best White?

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...
From Root to Bottle: A Regenerative Agriculture Winery

From Root to Bottle: A Regenerative Agriculture Winery

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...