Twisted Roots Wines

SUSTAINABLE MISSION STATEMENT

Twisted Roots Wines LLC complies with Lodi's Rules for sustainable growing. Visit the Lodi Wine and Visitor Center for more information on sustainable growing.

CLR Farms (a family owned business)and Dairy Vineyard LLC (a family owned LLC) has been certified by Protected Harvest as meeting stringent Sustainable Growing Practices. CLR Farms will continue to use sustainable wine grape growing practices. Our soil will be nutritionally balanced to provide a complex soil matrix of flora and fauna.

Two websites provide information about our companies and our wines. One features our wines (Twisted Roots Vineyards) and the other our family history (Dairy Vineyard LLC). These websites are used to inform the public of our operations, increase market share and keep our customers informed of our growing practices.

SUSTAINABLE VISION PLAN

These goals have been met and Twisted Roots Wines continues to pick up new outlets and customers.

• Goal One: To seek a greater return on our investment of time and money.
  Objective: I will be in correspondence with wineries and negociants to seek a better market price for our grapes.
  Strategy: I will send out 12 or more letters to potential customers.

• Goal Two: Improved soil balance
  Objective: To have my soils typed on a major portion of my vineyard by Ec and then take soil samples by these parameters to note differences and formulate a program for possible adjustments to my soils.
  Strategy: Soil samples will be taken and sent to Neil Kinsey. Their recommendations will be followed as closely as is economically feasible.

• Goal Three: Website development
  Objective: To investigate the cost to develop and maintain a website and link it to internet search engines and then monitor to see how it is developing.
  Strategy: I will work with a website designer and see how this is best implemented and if this is a viable option to showcase our vineyards.

• Goal Four: To inform my neighbors of what is going on in the grape industry.
  Objective: By keeping my non-farm neighbors aware of grape industry events, I can make them more sympathetic rather than apathetic to our cause.
  Strategy: To subscribe to newsletters for the neighbors to keep them informed and provide an opportunity for discussion.

Courtesy of Organizational Development Services Plus | Updated March 16, 2010