Markus Wine Co.

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With Markus Wine Co. of Lodi, winemaker Markus Niggli faithfully expresses unique vineyard character to make ageless fruit-driven balanced wines.

Dark barrel room with many barrels on barrel racks and cross beams above on ceiling.
Markus pouring wine into a glass with the restaurant in the background.
Markus pouring wine into a glass. Photo by @jillmeansdesign
Americana House Menu for Neighborhood Night
Dark winery interior with a beam of light coming from the background to light the edges of a row of wine barrels.
A long partially paved road heads off into the distance with rows of vines going off in either direction, hedges to the left and a man with a gray shirt walking away from camera in the distance.
8 plastic bag lined cardboard shipping boxes filled with dark crushed grapes with one man twisting up the bags and fastening them closed while the other walks nearby with a clipboard.
Hand holding up a grayish blue bunch of grapes with a full bin of grapes underneath and the Berghold tasting room in the background.
Two vineyard workers wearing bright red hoodies cutting off light purple grape bunches from tree-like vines and dropping them into bright yellow bins on the ground.
Line chart showing growing degree days for the Victor North weather station starting with May 2 on the left going to November 13 on the right. Four plotted curves represent growing degree day accumulations for the growing seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 and the 2020-2024 average. Through 7/16 average and 2025 curves were very close together as they move up and to the right showing heat values. Since 7/16, 2025 curve deflected downward toward 2023 curve.
A white bin full of light green grape bunches with two men picking out leaves and laughing.
Front entrance sign along the road reading Berghold Vineyards with the sun rising on the right side of the photo.
Markus stands next to a grapevine holding a light green bunch of grapes in his right hand while he uses pruning shears in the left hand to cut off the bunch.
Markus kneeling down to pet two friendly dogs on the heads.
Markus pinches off a grape from a few bunches still hanging on the vine behind him.
A couple of grape clusters hanging under leaves on a grapevine in dappled light with most berries light green but some light purple.