Story
A Rich History.
Our Land, Our Family, and Our Dedication...
Nestled in the heart of Western Yolo County, Turkovich Family Wines is a small, family-owned winery dedicated to crafting exceptional wines that reflect the beauty and character of our region. Founded with a passion for agriculture and a commitment to quality, we farm our vineyards and orchards with care, focusing on sustainability, soil health, and innovative winemaking techniques.
From vineyard to bottle, our wines tell the story of our land, our family, and our dedication to producing the region’s top wines. Whether you’re enjoying a glass at our tasting room in downtown Winters or visiting our farm & vineyard, we invite you to be a part of our journey and experience the true essence of Turkovich Family Wines. Operating from our base in Winters, California, husband and wife team Luciana & Chris Turkovich helm the family-owned business.
At the forefront of modern sustainable agriculture
Farm and Vineyards
Vineyard
Spanning 23 acres of vines, our estate vineyard is rooted in the alluvial, gravelly-clay-loam soils, benefiting from warm days and cool evening breezes that flow from the nearby Lake Berryessa. This unique microclimate allows for a long, balanced growing season, producing grapes with depth, complexity, and character. More on our vineyards here.
Grazing
At the forefront of modern sustainable agriculture is the regenerative practice of integrating grazing animals into the cropping system. For more information on our sheep grazing as well as more information on our limited lamb meat options click here.
Prunes, Walnuts, Oranges as well as a number of row crops keep the entire Turkovich Family busy throughout the season. Prunes and tomatoes make up the two more important of the crops
Vineyard Grazing.
Cover Crop Management with Sheep
At the forefront of modern sustainable agriculture is the regenerative practice of integrating grazing animals into the cropping system. Today that means bringing sheep into the orchards and vineyards to enhance the land and soils. The essence of a successful grazing operation begins before the animals arrive. Cover crops are actually the bedrock of the system. These diverse and complex covercrops are selected not only to enhance the soil structure and to benefit the grape vines to improve nutrient availability to the vines, as well as nutrient uptake.
With the addition of sheep these covercrops also serve as an important feed source for growing lambs. Our vineyard lamb typically are brought into the vineyard and orchard landscape in February as the first flush of growth in the cover crops begins as the soil and air temperatures begin to rise. Rotational grazing is implemented to ensure the appropriate selection of feed is consumed in the vineyard and orchard floors. There is a synergistic relationship between vines, lambs, covercrop and soils. The sheep in the process of feeding the forage available convert the feed to manure which in turn offers nutrients to the surrounding vines and trees.
Ordering Direct to Consumer Meat:
- All meat is grass fed, hormone free & humanly raised.
- All meat is pre cut, vacuum sealed and labeled for home consumption
- Lambs will be harvested during the early summer and purchases will be available for pickup or delivery August-September.