Discovering Future Wines, on Can Wine Save the Planet?
Discovering the Wines of Beckmen Vineyards
Day 3 of our 12 Days of Wine Celebration!
These vineyards are farming the soil, creating healthy environments with biodynamic and regenerative methods. This generates biodiversity, sequesters carbon, and, in turn, makes delicious wine.Wines for the Future.
These are wineries and vineyards that are doing the work, in their own way, to be sure we have a long, healthy future on our planet in which to enjoy wine!
Grab a glass and celebrate with us!
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Beckmen Vineyards in Santa Barbara
Beckmen Vineyards & Steve Beckmen
Steve Beckmen founded Beckmen Vineyards with his parents, Tom and Judith, in 1994. Steve grew up in LA and studied anthropology and archaeology at UC Santa Cruz.
He graduated and traveled, working on archaeological digs, then worked for a bit with his father for Roland Corporation, which his parents had co-founded. (sidebar…anyone in the music industry is likely familiar with Roland keyboards. During my time in the entertainment industry, I have helped set up more than a few in Orchestra pits)
His parents sold their stake in Roland in 1993 and searched with Steve for a property to start a vineyard.
In 2016, Steve’s brother Jeff joined them to help with national sales. So, it is a family business with the Beckmen men.
The Ballard Canyon AVC and Los Olivos District AVAs of California’s Santa Barbara County.
Santa Barbara County is not too far north of LA. The Santa Ynez Valley AVA is the Southern portion of the region and contains 4 nested AVAs: Sta. Rita Hills, Ballard Canyon, Los Olivos District, and Happy Canyon. If you begin in the west in Sta. Rita Hills and drive east to Happy Canyon. The temperature will increase by a degree Fahrenheit for each mile you drive.
The two central AVAs are Ballard Canyon and the Los Olivos District (sitting just east of Ballard Canyon and not listed on this map.) This is where you will find the two Beckmen Vineyards. The Purisima Mountain Vineyard, located in the Ballard Canyon AVA, is certified Biodynamic.
Links
You can visit the Beckmen Website for more details on the wines, vineyards, and their blog
You’ll find the overview of our latest visit with Steve in our article on Can Wine Save the Planet?
Beckmen Vineyards – The Harvest Diaries 2023
We have a series of videos and articles posted on Crushed Grape Chronicles from way back in 2014 and our visit then.
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