Dear Friends, A long time ago my dear friend Mark Sturges introduced me to the Acres Conference, and ever since it has been a yearly pilgrimage to connect with and be inspired by others working in holistic farming systems. I had the great honor of sitting down with the delightful host of the Acres podcast, Tractor Time, at the […]
Letters from the Edge
Mimi Casteel: Imbibe 75 2020 Wine Person of the Year
The attention and interest in regenerative agriculture over the last year has been nothing short of dizzying. I am grateful, and hopeful that the light that shines on the movement now will guide and protect the mission as we move into a new and critical decade. – Mimi Casteel “Mimi Casteel is our Imbibe 75 2020 Wine […]
Who’s Really Trampling out the Vintage?
Who’s Really Trampling out the Vintage?Una nota de gracias About a year back, when I was still working with my dear friends at Lingua Franca, I found myself navigating the darkest hour between their night harvest and my dawn harvest at Hope Well. Not enough time to go home and get a nap, too tired […]
In Oregon Wine Country, One Farmer’s Battle to Save the Soil
“Agriculture can play a leading role in combating climate change and reversing ecological damage. Mimi Casteel is showing one way to get it done.” Read the full story by Eric Asimov in The New York Times, published October 17, 2019
Mimi Casteel Is Betting the Farm
How one farmer, biologist and winemaker is trying to change an entire industry’s mind about the way it grows wine. Read the full story by Leslie Pariseau in PUNCH, published August 22, 2019.
An urgent conversation about the power of regenerative agriculture
Last month I had the honor of participating in this public seminar with three of my intellectual heroes, sponsored by my far-sighted and generous New York distributor, Polaner Selections. The entire seminar, including audience participation, was recorded and is here presented in its entirety. Please join us! – Mimi Casteel “Please join carbon farming ‘bioneers’ Mimi Casteel […]
An Earth Day Letter to my Friends, for my Friends
My Comrades and Kin, As we revel in the gifts of spring, watching the vineyards push first growth, I beg your attention for a moment of community around our shared love for this land, for this earth. Many of you pledged your name to an agreement we have named The Oak Accord. The nature of […]
Over the Moon: Contemporary Biodynamics & Beyond
Kelli White for GuildSomm March 15, 2019“Mimi’s personal flavor of biodynamics—now practiced at her own project, Hope Well Vineyard—is actually quite close to the original recipe, with certain key deviations. ‘There’s a whole new category of farmers who probably would have been categorized under organic, but now we call ourselves ‘regenerative agriculture.’ It is not […]