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Balanced wines last, and keep on pleasing.

It took a couple of generations to get far “off the farm,” so going back won’t happen overnight.

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Predictions of a Thanksgiving-week snowstorm stranding a family member from California at our house put me behind the wheel on Saturday for the nearest grocery, 45 minutes west in Morgantown, W. Va.

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The 2013 wine harvest is wrapping up around the region and, despite challenges posed by excessive rainfall in early to midsummer, most wineries report another excellent vintage — the second in a row and, going back to 2010, three out of four.

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Picking day dawned clear. As I started up the tree, the trunk was as cool as marble.

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My week was spent mourning what seems is the demise of our favorite farm cat, who didn’t return one night after dark.

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One has to mark territory; if not, well, maybe I didn’t look serious about protecting it.

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There may be a time ahead that I cannot release a wine without sulfites but that’s my goal by 2015.

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How can you complete a satisfying harvest ritual in just a few easy steps.

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Pinot Gris has it all and, yet, cannot — for that, I adore thee.

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