BORN NOVEMBER 14,1980
LEFT US JANUARY 05, 2004
An old soul who was kind, generous, loving, adventurous, smart, handsome, friendly. The best son, brother, friend. We miss you every day. Forever in our hearts.
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In the early spring of 2001 Gene and I were preparing the soil and pounding the posts for our first acres of grapevines. We had contracted with a “grape growing specialist” to advise us on where to plant. Gene was on the tractor ripping open the rows of soil so water and nutrients could reach…
From August 2000 to May 2002, I attended school at Surry Community College in Dobson, North Carolina studying viticulture and oenology. The following paper I wrote for a class assignment describing the challenges one can face when repurposing land. The Desire to Preserve When we bought our farm a few years ago it had been…
