![]() ![]() “Many people think that life on a farm can be boring,” says Andrew. ![]() Both tend to the livestock and oversee a small staff. Andrew spends more time in the vineyard, while Adam mans the winery. Depending on the season, they blend wines or prepare bottles, barrels or concrete tanks. The pair generally divides the day’s tasks over coffee. There’s a small orchard and an olive grove along with what Adam describes as “a pretty steady and good-size chicken production.” Of its 250 biodynamic acres, 55 are devoted to vineyards, while a few others are planted to produce vegetables and cut flowers. “It was just dinner.” Photo by Allan Zepeda There was always farm-to-table food at their house. “We’re essentially farmers,” says Andrew, who grew up with his brother on a walnut farm in California’s Central Valley. But they think of Scribe as a farm with wine grapes as the main crop. Some call Scribe an artisanal winery, in part because it produces only about 10,000 cases a year, it’s biodynamic and it’s helmed by two millennials. The pair are fourth-generation California farmers. But we’ve got a fire going, and it’s warm and cozy.” It’s stormy outside and “whenever that happens, we have some slight flooding, and we’re dealing with that. He sits across from Adam in a hacienda that once was home to a brothel. “Each day begins right here-over a cup of coffee, says Andrew. But there are daily rituals at their Scribe Winery, tucked up on Arrowhead Mountain in Sonoma, located a little more than an hour’s drive northeast of San Francisco. There is no typical day for either Andrew Mariani or his younger brother, Adam. Decorative Wine Racks & Modular Systems.
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