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Tracing My Ancestor’s Adventures in Wine
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“I imagined what it must have been like to cross such daunting wilderness by foot and gaze upon the alpine topography of Piedmont for the first time, not knowing what to expect. Indeed, the northern Piedmont with its sharply ascending elevation also makes it the last geographic location in the region where viticulture is possible…”
“For one writer, a float trip down eastern Tennessee’s South Holston River provides reflection as he finds patience in letting go and peace in realizing his son is growing up…”-Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine, 2019
“There are two wineries hidden away where one would least expect: up steep slopes on a remote south Pacific chain of islands. Nourished by the sacred volcanic soils of Kīlauea and Haleakalā, Hawai’ian viniculture and winemaking flourish with the noble grape Syrah as it delicately expresses some of the most unique terroir on Earth…”-The Vintner Project, 2019
“I arrived on a late October afternoon just over a century after my great grandfather, Otto, had emigrated from the same German town of Osthofen not far from the Rhine. Osthofen, like many other small towns in the southern Rheinhessen, excels in viniculture and has for hundreds of years. It was through the vineyards that I heard Otto’s family made their living but was unclear how. This question and a desire to connect is what led me to my ancestral home...”-Prose & Wine Blog, 2018