Jackson Family Napa Vineyards Earn Regenerative Organic Certified Status

With harvest underway, Jackson Family Wines announces that its Napa Valley estate vineyards have achieved Regenerative Organic Certified® (ROC™) status, considered one of the most rigorous standards in agriculture. The certification covers about 663 acres across 15 estate vineyards, with 350 acres planted with vines. 

Jackson Family Wines now farms the largest Regenerative Organic Certified vineyard acreage in Napa Valley, and its certification roughly doubles the valley’s total acreage under ROC. 

Since adopting regenerative methods, the estates have recorded a measurable rise in wine quality while holding production volumes steady, countering the assumption that regenerative farming means giving up yield or quality.

Winemaker Christopher Carpenter points to the practice of no-till farming as one of the biggest drivers for vineyard health: it improves the soil's water-holding capacity and carbon sequestration, and it protects the fungal networks connecting vine root systems so they can continue to develop. The vines are now showing greater resilience in extreme conditions. 

These vineyards span the diversity of the company’s estates in Napa Valley, from valley-floor sites in Oakville and Rutherford to hillside and mountain estates on Mt. Veeder, Howell Mountain, Spring Mountain, and Diamond Mountain. They are the primary source for some of the company’s most sought-after wines, including Cardinale, Freemark Abbey, Lokoya, La Jota, Mt. Brave, and Caladan.

“As farmers it is our responsibility to maintain the health of the land we farm for the long term and to recognize the downstream effects we have on the Napa Valley community,” says Carpenter said.  “Regenerative farming is the best methodology to not only achieve these two incredibly important maxims, but it has also enhanced wine quality beyond our expectations.  We are thrilled to partner with ROC and help them lead this effort in Napa Valley and hope by our example other growers consider adopting these practices,” he added.