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Mike Feeney
Feeney Vineyard grows Zinfandel and Alicante for Williams Selyem in two different vineyards located in the Russian River Valley.
Vineyard Bio
Both the Piner Road and River Road Feeney Vineyards are field blends. The Alicante in the Piner Road field blend vineyard was planted in 1916 and the Zinfandel planted sometime later.
Personal Bio
Mike Feeney started working in vineyards in 1971. As well as being a grape grower Mike also sells insurance. The Feeney family has owned the Piner Road and River Road vineyards since 1975. Mike has two daughters and a son.
Run a sustainable operation growing top quality wine grapes.
Varietal:
Zinfandel & Alicante
Clones:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: Old Vine
Alicante: not specified
River Road:
Zinfandel: Old Vine
Rootstock:
St. George
# of acres:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: 5.2
Alicante: 1.1
River Road:
Zinfandel: 10
Positioning:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: East to West
Alicante: East to West
River Road:
Zinfandel: Criss Cross North to South, East to West
Topography:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: Slightly Undulating
Alicante: Slightly Undulating
River Road:
Zinfandel: Level
Elevation:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: not specified
Alicante: not specified
River Road:
Zinfandel: 120 ft.
Soil Type:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: Huichica loam
Alicante: Huichica loam
River Road:
Zinfandel: Yolo silt loam & Zamore
Trellising:
Head Trained
Irrigated:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: Yes
Alicante: Yes
River Road:
Zinfandel: No
Cover Crop:
Piner Road:
Zinfandel: Bell Beans & Triticale
Alicante: Bell Beans & Triticale
River Road:
Zinfandel: Bell Beans, Triticale, native vegetation
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