Rogue Valley Wine

By M.J. Daspit, Eric Weisinger

2011

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Images of America: Oregon

Series · 69 books

By Shirley Nelson, George R. Miller, Dick Wagner, and more

Winemaking in Oregon began more than 150 years ago when Peter Britt of Jacksonville brought grapevine cuttings from California to create his Valley View Vineyard. By 1890, the Southern Oregon State Board of Agriculture forecast a vineyard-dotted Rogue Valley to rival "the castled Rhine, the classical vales of Italy and the sunny slopes of France." But Prohibition, which became law in Oregon four years before the rest of the country, killed the nascent industry. Not until the 1970s, when Americans discovered a passion for wine, was winegrowing and winemaking in Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley reestablished. Pear orchards were converted to vineyards, and winemaking—not on a California scale, but rather in boutique wineries tucked away along scenic country roads—began anew and thrived.

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M.J. Daspit

Author · 2 books

MJ was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1951. After graduation from Cornell University in 1973, she became managing editor for The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau in association with Princeton University Press. She subsequently joined the Navy and served in the anti-submarine SOSUS community and in the Navy Recruiting Command. Retired as a Commander in 1994, she taught English at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California and later moved to Oregon to pursue a career in writing. She currently lives in the vibrant theater town of Ashland with her husband Gary Greksouk. Daspit’s published works include a nonfiction book titled ROGUE VALLEY WINE, co-authored with winemaker Eric Weisinger (Arcadia Publishing, 2011) and a historical novel, LUCY LIED (Fireship Press, 2014).

Eric Weisinger

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