Community

We seek to promote independent family farms in local communities, fresh local foods and sustainable farming practices. In addition to offering UNITY to the broad market, we partner with select restaurants in local markets who share our values. A portion of sales from each vintage of UNITY supports selected, national, nonprofit organizations that share similar values and work to develop local practices consistent with the mission of UNITY.

The Gift of an Acorn and 31 Years… (by Juelle Fisher)

In 1979, our first vintage, Fred and I were invited to the opening of Far Niente Winery in the Napa Valley. It was a gala luncheon event at one of the valley’s most beautiful estates. As we were leaving, each guest was given an acorn from a Quercus sober tree, otherwise know as a [...]

In Preparation for Spring

In preparation for spring, we have built a hoop house in Calistoga and have seedlings germinating as we speak! The hoop house is a simple shleter built using pvc pipe to form hoops that we then cover with a plastic visquine. This creates a warm area and allows us to start early seed germination of [...]

Fall Vineyard Walk

Below are some photos from a vineyard walk last week. The colors from the setting sun were incredible! While I was busy taking photos, the dogs were busy hunting gofers… they never catch them, but boy do they enjoy digging for them!
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Northern Pygmy Owl

This past Wednesday, while having lunch, we discovered this Northern Pygmy Owl purched above us in a Douglass Fir Tree! It is a great siting. These types of owls feed mostly on voles and small song birds (although they also like mice, moles, and weasels). Amazingly, they can fly with prey that is up to [...]

Our New “Show Bees”!

Our first hive of bees arrived one week ago so we are now, officially, Bee Keepers!
It all started about two months ago when Juelle ran accross the website, www.beekind.com. minutes reading about the bees and she was hooked. She immediately placed an order for a hive. Mind you, we have never tended bees before! [...]

In Preparation…

I was looking for a great, big, exciting story to report today, but it turns we are just busy preparing for the big stories to come!
Harvest bins appeared this morning, stacked around the drive entrance. The press and sorting table, although still covered for weather protection (exemplifying one of our many Fisher Vineyards mottos… [...]

Show me the dough!

My Aunt Sue from Mendocino was just down visiting us. She came in search of a little sunshine (which we’ve been having plenty of!) and for some of our great garden produce. The peaches are just starting to ripen and the boughs of the tree are wallowing with the load. We are also getting lots [...]

Rob and Heather’s Wedding Weekend!

The Wedding weekend officially began with the Rehearsal Dinner at the Old Barn in Calistoga. As you can see, Juelle really had the place shining! We hung a large American flag from the barn in honor of the Fourth of July and had floral arrangements [...]

The Most Delicious Cake (for breakfast or dessert!)

Its been on my mind to post this recipe for weeks now…
About a month ago, my mom went to visit her sister in Paris for ten days. The mission of the trip? To begin writing a cookbook! For years, these two have been preparing phenomenal meals for their family and friends and for years [...]

Spring Bottling

The 2007 Chardonnays are officially in bottle! As we produce so little Chardonnay, we were able to complete bottling of the 2008 Rose, 2007 Mountain Estate Vineyard and 2007 Whitney’s Vineyard, Chardonnay, all in just a few hours.
The day started out well, but by about 9:00am the clouds became dark and it began raining! [...]