At Home in the Vineyard

by Sokol Blosser, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780520256293
• ISBN10: 0520256298
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-05
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

This moving, evocative memoir, woven with lyrical descriptions of the sights and smells of vineyard life, tells the inspirational story of one woman's journey to success in an industry run mostly by men.At Home in the Vineyard,filled with colorful characters and unexpected experiences, brings a local rural community vividly alive as Oregon wine pioneer and industry icon Susan Sokol Blosser recounts how she fell in love with a vineyard, learned how to run it, and ultimately achieved her vision of producing Pinot Noirs to rival those of Burgundy. An intimate family story,At Home in the Vineyardalso gives a candid insider's view of Oregon's flourishing wine industry. Sokol Blosser begins her narrative in the 1970s, when, as a young, idealistic wife, she helped her husband make his wild idea of planting a vineyard in the Dundee Hills become a reality. By the book's final pages, she has become president of Sokol Blosser Winery, widely respected for gaining national visibility and for producing world-class wines, especially the elusive Pinot Noir. Along the way, Sokol Blosser tells how she learned to do everything from driving a tractor and managing a picking crew to selling Oregon wine in Manhattan. She also shares some special accomplishments: how she instituted values of environmental sustainability and social responsibility at the vineyard, integrated family and business life, and successfully brought the second generation on board.

Author Biography

Susan Sokol Blosser is President of Sokol Blosser Winery

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Prologue: Germination	p. 1
Roots	p. 3
Winery	p. 26
Dirt	p. 54
Growth	p. 79
Turnover	p. 112
Vision	p. 133
Renaissance	p. 164
Horizon	p. 200
Afterword: Reflections	p. 211
An Annotated Time Line of the Oregon Wine Industry	p. 221
Index	p. 231
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