Greenwood Ridge

Since 1980, Greenwood Ridge Vineyards has built a reputation for producing world class wines in small lots (total annual production is only 5000 cases). Greenwood Ridge Vineyards has been named one of America's top 30 wineries three times in recent years by Wine & Spirits Magazine and continually receives Best of Show awards at major wine competitions. Since 2005, the solar panels on the winery roof (above photo) have provided all the electricity required by the winery, and more.

Greenwood Ridge Vineyards is named for the coastal Mendocino County ridge top where the wine grapes are grown. From eight acres planted in 1972, the vineyard overlooking Anderson Valley has expanded to 16 acres, four each of White Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir. At 1400 feet above sea level in the Mendocino Ridge appellation, the rolling ridge top property is above the fog and frost, so the grapes reach full maturity at the end of the ideal, long growing season.

Greenwood Ridge owner and winemaker, Allan Green brings a creative imagination to all his endeavors. A graphic artist by trade, the art of grape growing and wine making captivated him in 1973. Thirty years later, the Mendocino Winegrowers Alliance presented Allan with the George Zeni Memorial Award for "outstanding stewardship of the land, community service and producing the highest quality wine grapes in Mendocino County."