"The field that I'm in, what used to be called organic agriculture, it's now better named regenerative agriculture. -BUTT WITH- 3:03 you learn to observe and see what the environment's telling you, not what you wish the environment was doing," said Pennyroyal.
Greg is passionate about teaching these skills to the next generation, which is why he's also a viticulture professor at Mt. San Jacinto College and advisor to the Regenerative Ag club and Career Technical Education program at Temecula Valley High School, a program we first featured three years ago when it first got started. They come to the winery every week to learn more.
"Every year these students surprise me with how clever they are, how inquisitive they are, how optimistic they are and how smart they are," he said.
One of the methods is through an abatement falconer, who walks through the vineyard with a hawk or falcon to scare away any little birds that show up to eat the grapes.
"Compared to using things like poisons or netting that can really harm the environment, using a trained raptor utilizes the little bird's natural fear of a predator, so it's completely, no harmful impact on the environment," said Paige Bucalo.
Senior Cole Osborne, an intern at the winery, told us he hopes to one day make a career out of it.
For winery owner Bill Wilson, it all makes sense. As he celebrates the winery's 25th anniversary, he knows innovation is what will help them last the next 25 years.
"If I can grow a better grape with less inputs and have a better quality wine that I can sell, win win win, and I'm improving nature, win win win win win," said Wilson.