page_title: Rodney Strong Vineyards
section_title: Sustainability
hierarchical_section_title: Rodney Strong Vineyards / Sustainability
caption_attribution_description: English: Rodney Strong Winery Front Entrance
context_page_description: Rodney Strong Vineyards is a family-owned winery based in Healdsburg, California, United States. It was founded in 1959 by wine pioneer and former dancer, Rodney Strong, the winery focuses solely on Sonoma County grape growing and wines. Rodney Strong Vineyards sources from throughout Sonoma County and has 14 estate vineyards located in Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley, Chalk Hill, Sonoma Coast and Dry Creek Valley. It was recognized as American Winery of the Year in 2013 by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
context_section_description: Rodney Strong Vineyards sustainably farms their 14 estate vineyards. They are certified sustainable by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance and were the first carbon neutral winery in Sonoma County.
  Their sustainable practices include solar panels which were installed in 2003 on the roof of the barrel room. At the time this was the largest winery solar array in the world. They use soil management techniques to conserve the land including: proper runoff management, erosion prevention, reducing soil compaction, composting grape pumice to return to the soils as organic matter, minimal tillage and the intelligent use of cover crops. Vineyard water management is extremely important and includes using drip irrigation to reduce water use, along with tools, technologies and strategies to monitor water in soils and vines. Rodney Strong Vineyards are Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) certified to restore fish and wildlife habitats and improve water quality. They protect air quality by using natural cover crops, completely eliminating the burning of winter prunings and the use of environmentally safe wetting agents for vineyard roads.
caption: Front entrance of the winery
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