Direct Success

By Chris Lewis
Excerpted from the Capital Press
March, 2003

Nobody needs to hear more bad news about the "grape glut," so let's look at some success stories from several small-acreage vintners and wine makers that have managed to differentiate their products and thrive in a time of over-production and low prices.

Hampton Bynum, of Davis Bynum Winery in Healdsburg, California, and Paul Frey, of Frey Vineyards in Redwood Valley, California, are two such people. I learned about their family wineries at the Ecological Farming Conference in Asilomar, Calif., last month. Both Hampton and Paul presented information about their efforts to produce quality wines from small acreage vineyards managed with a variety of sustainable farming practices. In addition to ecological benefits, both wine makers said they find these practices help to increase the marketability of their wines... (You may view the complete article here, at the Capital Press website.)

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