Get In. Get Out. Get Good Grapes.
by Megan Willome
Galileo may have said, “Wine is sunlight held together by water,” but there are a few other necessary ingredients. One is labor, always in short supply and increasingly expensive. And Mother Nature, granter of sunlight and water, does not always show up on the appointed day.
“I always tell everyone we’re in a constant state of drought that’s interrupted every now and then by a biblical flood,” jokes Ryan Thomas.
What’s a vineyard owner to do? Time to bring in special forces: VineOps vineyard services, owned by Thomas and located in Fredericksburg.
Read the rest of the story in the spring 2023 issue of Rock&Vine.