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Vineyard The Pleasures And Perils Of Establishing An American Winery

(Hardcover Book )

by:
Hargrave, Louisa Thomas

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Product Details:

Hardcover Book :

254 Pages

Publisher:

Viking (Penguin Group)

Pub. Date:

May 26, 2003

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Our Part #:

04141

ISBN-10:

0670032212

ISBN-13:

9780670032211

Description:

Louisa and Alex Hargrave were pioneers. Fresh out of Harvard in 1969, in love with each other and their dream of owning a vineyard, they searched the West and East coasts before they bought a run-down 1680-vintage potato farm in 1973, on Long Island's North Fork--and planted ten thousand vinifera vines. At the time, experts said that growing wine grapes on Long Island was impossible. Today, the region is famous for its premium wines.

In The Vineyard, the Hargraves learn the joys and hardships of country life. They suffer droughts and storms while learning to navigate the glamorous but treacherous international world of wine. Along the way, they discover that theirs is both a scientific and a spiritual endeavor. Struggling to raise a family, Louisa draws strength from her work in the vinerows. Reveling in the bounty of harvest, the laughter of her children and the magic of a newly blended wine, she tells the bittersweet story of how she and her husband fulfilled their dream.

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