Watching the rain fall outside reminds me that four years ago this month, just as the drought was starting, D’Aun and I purchased a new home. The property includes a chardonnay vineyard, and learning how to property manage the vines was a steep learning curve. We’re still learning about farming grapes, which has gone smoothly despite the drought. The biggest angst came from the business side of grape growing.
In the first year we felt cheated when our grape buyer (a mega-winery that will go nameless) reneged on a big portion of the contract. We saw the other side of …