A Permaculture Vineyard in Los Angeles - Crenshaw Cru Winegarden

Crenshaw Cru is a perennial multi-story polyculture that expresses itself in wine and is based on the principles of permaculture. In this video I show and discuss the principles and philosophy behind how permaculture applies to a vineyard, and how we make wine from a place of collaboration with the ecosystem. We ask what kind of wine our land wants to make, rather than what wine I want to extract from the land.
Wine to me is not a luxury. Neither is it a commodity. It’s one of the things we humans do to show that life is about more than survival. Wine is our reminder to feed that part of us that food cannot satisfy.
Nature is profusely beautiful. We often lose sight of our need for beauty when it comes to farming. We think of efficiency and practicality and frugality. But what about wonder? I want to focus on building a beautiful culture into viti-culture. I want my wine to come from a place that makes my heart beat quicker.