Regenerative Viticulture with O'Neill Vintners

O'Neill Vintners and Distillers is a B-corp responsible for several brands including Substance, Robert Hall, Ram's Gate, and more. Tonight, brand ambassador Amy Zugras will join us and talk about how O'Neill has pioneered regenerative viticulture and their focus on envi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship.

Since their found­ing, O’Neill has been an indus­try leader in envi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship and antic­i­pat­ing cli­mate chal­lenges posed to the wine indus­try and beyond. Solu­tions to clean ener­gy, water treat­ment, and the longevi­ty of our soils have sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduced the impact they have on the envi­ron­ment and con­tributed to their True Zero Gold Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion – divert­ing 99.49% of pro­duc­tion waste from landfills.

In 2020, O’Neill ini­ti­at­ed a liv­ing case study for the wider wine com­mu­ni­ty to learn about regen­er­a­tive viti­cul­ture through bio­dy­nam­ic farm­ing tech­niques, com­par­ing the results with our sus­­tain­ably-farmed vine­yards at scale. The tri­al will be led by world-renowned bio­dy­nam­ic con­sul­tant Philippe Arme­nier and Robert Hall Win­ery Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Caine Thomp­son

Tonight, we will hear their story of stewardship and planning for the future while we taste wines from three of their projects:

• Red Blend 2023 from Substance in Columbia Valley
• Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 from Substance in Columbia Valley
• Grenache Blanc Sparkling Brut by Robert Hall in Paso Robles
• Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 Regenerative Organic by Robert Hall in Paso Robles
• Sauvignon Blanc 2024 Carneros by Ramsgate in Sonoma County
• Pinot Noir 2022 Sonoma Coast by Ramsgate in Sonoma County