The Vineyard: a Memoir - Softcover

Hargrave, Louisa Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142004316 ISBN 13: 9780142004319

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2004

Synopsis

In 1973, against the advice of experts and the experience of history, Louisa Hargrave and her husband, Alex, bought a run-down 1680-vintage potato farm on Long IslandĀ's North Fork and planted ten thousand European wine grapes. Having begun her grape- growing adventure with the arrogance of youth and the assumption that she and her husband could figure it all out themselves, she was both humbled and transformed by the land, by her children, and by the generosity of those who helped along the way. At once wry and heartwarming, this is an odyssey as much about spirit and the connection to place as it is about the simple pleasures of a new wine.

About this title

About the Author:

Louisa Thomas Hargrave is a former owner of Hargrave Vineyard, established in 1973 in Cutchogue, New York.

Review:

Good women and good writing ripen like fine wine, and Hargrave combines the three in this tender and truthful memoir. -- Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of Sleeping Arrangements and A Place in the Country

This is really a book about love—love of family, love of a region, and love of wine. -- Kevin Zraly, author of Windows on the World Wine Course

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0142004316
• ISBN 13: 9780142004319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272