Biodynamic Farming at Ampelos Vineyards
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Want to make it in the wine business? Buy a vineyard next to Sea Smoke and Cha- Ching! Any smart businessman would just cash in, purchase the vineyard, harvest the grapes, produce wine with an abundant use of French oak and throw a little Syrah into the Pinot and money, money, money. Only a fool would purchase this valuable real estate and make wine the hard way; either a fool or a true visionary.
Owner and winemaker, Peter Work an IT corporate executive from Denmark had the urge to leave the corporate life and dive into his true passion, wine. His love for wine drove him to the Santa Rita Hills where he found an 82 acre parcel of land which he devoted to harvesting grapes the way they were intended. Like all good Danes, Peter’s vision and purpose is a lot more global in thinking. He wanted to make wine, all the time, thinking of its effects on the ecology and the people living in the area. His decision to be biodynamic is not a marketing gimmick; there is real soul behind it. I sat with Peter for about an hour, a very different meeting from other wine makers. Instead of talking about his wine and the cute story of the name and the design choice behind the label, he discussed in detail the process of biodynamic farming.
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