Frey Vines tells stories from America's First Organic Winery, Frey Vineyards. Since 1980, Frey has been the premier producer of organic wines. A pioneer in setting the organic wine-making standard, Frey Vines tells the stories from this green innovator.
Frey Vines, the Organic Wine Podcast, is sharing everything about making organic wine in this 10th episode. We delve into how we make organic wine, why we make only organic wine, and what we think you need to know about making organic wine at Frey Vineyards. Molly Frey sat down for an interview with Eliza Frey to share about our best practices and how we are committed to organic wine at every step of the process. Open a bottle of your favorite Frey Organic wine while listening to us share all about how your favorite wines are produced!
9 Mar 2026
No Sulfites Added
At Frey Vineyards, we pride ourselves on being a no sulfites added winery, making only wines that are produced without any chemicals added. A lot of people don’t understand what sulfites are, why they are used in winemaking, and why we would choose not to use them. In this episode of Frey Vines, Molly Frey sat down with Eliza Frey to discuss all things sulfite. We hope that this will shed some light for those of you curious about this synthetic additive and why we are committed to making exclusively no sulfites added wines at Frey.
9 Feb 2026
The Land
The land where your favorite Organic and Biodynamic grapes are grown is home to a diversity of wildlife. With only about 10% of the Frey home ranch property developed for housing and winery buildings, the vast majority of the landscape remains wild for our wilderness neighbors. In this episode of the Frey Vines podcast, we’ll hear from our neighbor Cathy Monroe about the many indigenous plants and animals on the land. Today’s spotlight is on the land stewardship that is a part of our way of life at Frey Vineyards. Since the 1960s, the Frey family has made a home in Redwood Valley. Located in Mendocino County, in Northern California, the wild landscape above the Tomki Road Winery is filled with redwood groves, oak woodlands, and open meadows near deep woods. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.freywine.com
5 Jan 2026
OCA
Molly Frey interviews Alexis Baden-Mayor from the Organic Consumers Association about the organization's history and its vision for the future of organic practices.
30 May 2025
The Wines
Frey Vineyards explores its extensive selection of organic wine, labels, and certifications, highlighting its pioneering role in establishing and expanding the organic wine category.
16 Apr 2025
Green Drink
Welcome to the fifth episode of Frey Vines, the podcast devoted to telling you the story of organic wine. In honor of Earth Day, our April podcast is all about how we are a green winery that makes a green drink for you to enjoy. Tune into this episode to hear Eliza, Katrina, and Molly Frey explain how Frey Vineyards has pioneered the category of organic wines in the USA from organic grape farming to USDA labeling to requiring organic yeast for organic wines. For a full transcript of this episode and every episode of the Frey Vines podcast, you can visit www.freywine.com/blog
22 Mar 2025
45 Years!
Welcome to the fourth episode of Frey Vines, the podcast devoted to telling you the story of organic wine. Frey Vineyards was bonded on March 24th, 1980, as the first organic winery in the USA, making this year, 2025, our 45th organic anniversary! We're celebrating this milestone by reflecting on the journey to bring organic wine to the market. We're not just looking back at where we've come from, though. This year, we're opening up our new winery facilities and making more plans for our green future. For a full transcript of this episode and every episode of the Frey Vines podcast, you can visit www.freywine.com/blog
18 Feb 2025
Biodynamics
We made a Biodynamics podcast for everyone who has ever been curious about what Biodynamic® agriculture, viticulture, and winemaking means and how it applies to the wines you love. Frey Vineyards is the first certified Biodynamic® Winery in the USA! We wanted to share more about what it means to be certified Biodynamic® and how that contributes to some truly excellent wine! The field of Biodynamics explores a rich world of connection to the earth, to the cycles of life, and to a true terroir in the world of wine. Join us for this episode of the Frey Vines podcast as we dive into all things Biodynamic®!
30 Jan 2025
Organic Grapes
Episode 2 of the Frey Vines Podcast continues to tell the story of Organic Grapes! There wasn't always an organic certification. In fact, when the Frey's first established Frey Vineyards, there wasn't a federal way to ensure that a product was organic. Today, thanks in large part to the education and activism of the Frey family, there is not only a federal organic certification for wine but also a growing number of wineries that are going organic! Learn more about how we helped pioneer the Organic wine movement in the USA by listening to our “Organic Grapes” epsiode.
15 Dec 2024
Organic Origins
Welcome to the pilot episode (Season 1, Episode 1: Organic Origins) of "Frey Vines," the podcast devoted to telling the story of Organic Wine. As pioneers in Organic & Biodynamic wine, we created this podcast because we wanted to share our family’s process of building something special here in Mendocino County, the greenest American Viticultural Area (or AVA for short) in California. Wine Enthusiast declared Mendocino the AVA of the year for 2024 largely because of the wonderful, sustainably produced, and award-winning wines coming out of this beautiful region of Northern California.
With a 1/3 of California’s total organic grape production growing in this AVA, we believe that this distinction is in no small part due to the organic pioneering efforts of the Frey family. Join us for this "Organic Origins" episode to learn more about the foundations of organic wine in the USA!
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