Rogue Valley Wine

by M.J. Daspit and Eric Weisinger

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738581364
• ISBN13: 9780738581361
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"