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Introducing Monviso Heirloom Garlic

Gilroy, CA (August 2011) — This summer, Christopher Ranch is celebrating Monviso, the Italian heirloom garlic at the foundation of the company’s premium garlic tradition, while introducing new packaging that features the Monviso varietal name.

Over fifty years ago, Don Christopher, the company founder, came upon the most flavorful variety of garlic he had ever tasted. As its origins were in the Piedmont area of Italy, he christened the variety “Monviso” for the region’s peaks and immediately set about nurturing the seed on his ranch in California’s Santa Clara Valley. Five decades later, Christopher Ranch proudly continues to cultivate and harvest the Monviso varietal exclusively, choosing to deliver garlic of exceptional flavor rather than plant higher yielding, inferior tasting varieties. In fact, Christopher Ranch Monviso garlic is the only heirloom garlic commercially grown in the U.S. today.

For more information about Christopher Ranch Monviso Garlic and to learn more about the complete line of quality Christopher Ranch products, visit www.christopherranch.com. To speak to a Christopher Ranch sales representative, call 800-321-9333.

Choose Christopher Ranch: “All garlic is not created equal”.

 

This has 16 comments.

  1. Issa says:
    September 8, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    can you tell me please how big is the christopher garlic farm .?
    or how many acres in chrestopher ranch ?
    thank you

    • christopherranch says:
      September 8, 2011 at 5:56 pm

      Hello Issa: Christopher Ranch farms over 3,500 acres of garlic, bell peppers, sweet corn, shallots and specialty onions. We also have branches in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Chicago and Florida to ship 60 million pounds of our Monviso California Heirloom Garlic throughout the U.S. every year!

  2. nancy mills says:
    September 22, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    would like to order some product where do i go

  3. Susan c says:
    October 4, 2011 at 12:17 am

    I live in Florida would love to find out where his garlic is. Please let me know.

    • christopherranch says:
      October 7, 2011 at 5:53 pm

      Hi Susan: Thanks for asking. Check in Albertson’s or Winn Dixie or ask your produce manager to order our Monviso for you!

  4. Anya (@MyGardenHaven) says:
    October 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    IS this the garlic that is sold at Costco? Thanks!

  5. Bonita says:
    November 18, 2011 at 1:49 am

    I bought your California Heriloom Peeled Garlic from Costco. It is a fairly large bag and the exp date says 12/3/11 Can I freeze some of the garlic? I know I won’t be using the whole bag by 12/3/11

    Thanks much,

    Bonita

  6. Dianne says:
    December 21, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    You didn’t answer the question of the previous writer. I would like to know the answer to this also. Probably would be best to roast it if it looks like it is getting old, and then freeze the pulp.

    Is your garlic soft neck or hard neck? I got mine at Costco also. Am I correct in assuming that it is not organic?

    • christopherranch says:
      December 28, 2011 at 6:38 pm

      Hi Dianne: Our garlic is the soft neck variety. We grow both organic and conventional garlic but our organic is clearly marked with the word organic in the logo and on the bag. Our conventional garlic is grown using Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and is certified Pesticide Residue Free by Nutriclean. Our organic garlic is farmed following all Federal and State laws as well as Good Agricultural Practices and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) organic standards.

  7. john wood says:
    February 5, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    Just a follow on to the above, do you irradiate any of your fresh garlic? I have a bag of your bulbs here and I see no sign of green life in the center and was wanting to get the story straight from you. I have been told that irradiation is quite common to increase shelf life.

    Thanks;

    John

  8. renee says:
    February 11, 2012 at 12:37 am

    Is it possible to tour your farm/ranch?

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