Our Practices

Sustainable Winemaking: A Year-Round Commitment at Paloma Vineyard

Sustainable Winemaking: A Year-Round Commitment at Paloma Vineyard

As a family-run winery on Napa’s Spring Mountain, we’ve spent over 40 years embracing methods that respect both the land and future generations. Sustainable winemaking is a year-round commitment, and for us, every decision, from vineyard management to bottling, is an...

Our Practices: Paloma Vineyard’s Regenerative Farming Journey

Our Practices: Paloma Vineyard’s Regenerative Farming Journey

  If you are unfamiliar with the practice of Regenerative Farming, we highly recommend reading this short breakdown! What is Regenerative Farming?   In 2021, shortly after the devastating fire season of the previous fall, and after numerous years of drought...

What is Regenerative Farming?

What is Regenerative Farming?

  Regenerative Farming or Regenerative Agriculture is a diverse ecological system that revitalizes the beneficiary relationships of the plant life and nature that live within the ecosystem. While we tend to focus on what we see above ground, regenerative farming...

The Family Legacy: The Quality Farming Practices of Paloma Vineyards

The Family Legacy: The Quality Farming Practices of Paloma Vineyards

When people ask us what we do, our answer is simple: we are farmers. Farming is at the core of everything we do.  Our founders, Barbara and Jim Richards, had a clear understanding of this. Barbara was quick to remind everyone that “great wine is made in the vineyard,...

Sipping in Style: Inside the Tasting Room of Paloma Vineyard

Sipping in Style: Inside the Tasting Room of Paloma Vineyard

Have you ever been to a tasting where all you hear is the sound of the birds, wind, and the winemaker talking? No?! Then you haven’t visited Paloma Vineyard. Our personal team of furry greeters will meet you at your car and escort you up our steps to the owner’s home,...

Paloma Vineyard: Where Wine Tasting Feels Like Home

Paloma Vineyard: Where Wine Tasting Feels Like Home

Since Barbara and Jim purchased the 17 acres of land at the top of Spring Mountain in 1983, our goal has never shifted–creating a winery that feels like home. By 1992, that dream was fully realized when Barbara and Jim finished construction of their home inside the...

Sustainable Winemaking: The Paloma Difference

Sustainable Winemaking: The Paloma Difference

As Barbara, our matriarch, always said, “it starts in the vineyard”.  Sustainability has become an essential practice for businesses looking to lead the way in their industry. While adapting to new practices can be challenging, it offers a unique lens to reexamine the...