Rose garden entry to winery
The gardens at Kendall Jackson Winery
Kendall Jackson winery is known for its magnificent wines grown in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and down the coastal areas in Monterey and Santa Barbara. On a lesser but also important note is its wonderful organic gardens that are used specifically for growing produce for the wine and tasting menu’s at the stately manor in Fulton, California. Before the fall harvest, the gardens are filled with late summer annuals, herbs and produce from the well maintained fruit and vegetable gardens. The in-house culinary team maximizes the seasonal abundance from the land by creating enticing tasting menus and wine pairings for the winery’s visitors.
Gorgeous rose garden entry
Show garden displays
Seasonal fall blooms
Sustainable gardens
As stewards of the land with a keen focus on sustainability and land management, the family created a half-acre parcel of gardens to showcase the family’s commitment to wine education and food. There are seven distinct gardens created for viticulture education with a red and white sensory garden, growing seasonal products, cutting/floral displays, a herb garden and culinary flower garden, and a test vegetable garden. Their goal is to make the land healthy and productive so that the following generations will be able to have bountiful harvests of wine and seasonally grown products from the gardens. One of the popular activities at the winery is to take a sensory tour with a nice bottle of their wine – the sensory tour highlights the origins, aromas and flavors coming from the land along with shaping and developing the vineyards and how it combines with foods that are produced locally.
Experimental vegetable gardens
Fall produce and flowers
Yellow chard on display
Cabbage at the experimental garden
Wine and food pairings
The winery offers food and wine pairings with seasonal offerings from their garden along with locally purveyed meats and produce and paired with their wonderful wines. The in-house chefs creatively produce amazing pairings that highlight exceptional food and flavors with the best of wine offerings, this may include: wine and cheese pairings, seasonal vegetable and culinary garden offerings and a rotating menu based on locally available products. Visitors to the winery are opting to more specialized services including wine clubs, annual tastings and specialized food and wine pairings that the creative culinary teams put together to draw visitors looking for a more complete service of wine and food, especially foods that are created from locally grown or produced sources. Another popular event that the winery hosts in the fall time is the annual tomato heirloom festival held at the winery and exploring locally grown heirloom tomatoes presented in wonderful tasting menus with their wines.
Grape Harvest
Surrounding the beautiful rose and display gardens is the Kendall Jackson tasting room in a stately manor house and offering tasting samples of wines that are grown locally. The winery carries an extensive collection of their entire collection of wines from Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties.
If you go
There are guided tours of the garden offered at 11am, 1pm and 3pm
Brochures are available for self-guided tours
Private wine tastings and tours available by calling 707-576-38710
For more information visit their website here
Linking to Garden Tuesday, Our World Tuesday, Outdoor Wednesdays, Travel Photo Thursday and Oh the Places I’ve been
Hi Noel, The garden you shared is stunning. Your photos are beautiful and showed the beauty is such a wonderful way. I would love to visit there one day.
Thank you for your sweet comment on my deck. You are right we use the deck a lot because we have lots of company. Life is good.
xo, Jeanne
Stunning gardens! I could easily spend an afternoon here. Would love to do a wind tour as well.
What gorgeous gardens!
I’ve passed by the Kendall-Jackson winery but have never gone it and opted for the lesser known wineries instead. I will definitely need to stop by next time. Those gardens are beautiful and serve such a wonderful purpose. It looks like a great place to spend the day.
What a beautiful day for a visit, I certainly can see why the grapes are growing so well and produce such delightful wine! Enjoying all of your photos, but so taken with the last one and the sun shining through the grape leaves!
Jemma
I had no idea that Kendall Jackson had all this at their winery. I especially like your photos of the rose garden entry and the last one of the bunch of grapes. I think I’d enjoy a sensory tour with wine.
Noel, this was fantastic as an old long time girlfriend and I drank KJ’s Chardonnay always. Good memories, sir! 🙂
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– The Tablescaper
What a nice trip. The scenery and the flowers are gorgeous. Beautiful photography!…Christine
I love Kendall Jackson wine – their Chardonnay is wonderful – and I would love to visit.
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– The Tablescaper
I’m not very familiar with wines from California, I’m afraid – though I hear they’re quite nice. Very pretty surroundings there 🙂
Kendall Jackson os very well known. Awesome that you had a chance to visit! Did you taste any of the wines?
All their wines are great especially their sauvignons and Zinfandels and also cabs from Sonoma/Mendocino, I would love to do one of their tastings…thanks for connecting Jennifer.
I love the variety in the garden – blooming plants, vegetables, everything’s there!
Thanks for the tour, Noel.
Kendall-Jackson is a lovely winery. I’ve been to the tasting room, but didn’t know all this about their sustainable gardens. The building is so familiar to me as a place I’ve seen hundreds of times as I’ve passed by on Hwy 101. Time to stop in again.
I already love their wines but the gardens are spectacular and there is a big tomato festival coming up soon, you should go to it, its a food tasting and wine event Cathy
Great Capture..Very Greenery Indeed.. 🙂
Your photos are exquisite, Noel! I’ve visited many wineries in Sonoma and Napa Valleys a couple of times and also the vineyards in Paso Robles. They are all so beautiful! California is one of my favorite states.
Noel – breathtaking photos! Thanks for highlighting this beautiful winery! I love that they are growing produce sustainably! I am connecting to your blog from your kind visit to mine! Thank you – Vickie
Wow. these photos are so rich. light. texture. color. very nice work. Thank you for stopping by my blog and for your lovely comment.
Hi Noel, these are amazing photos, truly breathtaking. That first one is awesome. May i know what you call the tall tree, is that a juniper? And did you close totally your original blog a plantfanatic?
Hi Andrea, I still have A Plantfanatic and A Sari Sari life, though not as active as this blog which is taking a lot of effort to build up…yes that is a variety of upright juniper tree…thanks for connecting and come participating for my Travel Photo Monday link ups.
What a truly breathtaking place. I wold love strolling through the garden with a glass of wine. Thank you for letting me enjoy it through your lens. I appreciate you taking time to drop by place today.
Thanks so much for connecting and commenting on my post today!
Great shots, Noel
Looks like a really fantastic place to visit!
Have a beautiful day!
Lea
Lea’s Menagerie
How beautiful. I have just been to California. Wish I saw this post before my trip :).
Very beautiful garden…