Western Colorado Fruit & Wine: A Bountiful History

by Jodi Buchan

Overview

Enterprising pioneers transformed the isolated lands of the North Fork and Grand Valleys into blossoming oases. Sowing cultural roots in this arid rocky landscape, the settlers cultivated what became delectable destinations boasting world-class wine and award-winning fruit. Midwestern immigrants cultivated orchards, Europeans produced their own table wine and growers delivered their harvest by horse and wagon to the first locavore market--area miners. Sit down, pour a glass of wine or cider and join journalist Jodi Buchan on a journey through the Western Slope's fruit and wine country. Meet orchardists and viticulturists, and celebrate the discoveries, traditions and innovations thriving today across the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625853233
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	07/27/2015
Series:	American Palate
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

A native North Dakotan now residing in Carbondale, Colorado, Jodi Buchan's essays, articles and poems have been featured in regional, national and online publications, including the Aspen Sojourner and Northwoods Woman Magazine, as well as The Bark and Exceptional Parent. Buchan's own blogs are A Bountiful Heritage about food, wine and farm culture and DD Awareness, a site dedicated to caregivers of people with developmental disabilities--people like her daughter, Katie.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 The Land That Peaches Built 13

2 Through the Grape (and) Vine 29

3 All in a Day's Work 47

4 Movable Markets 59

5 Westward Flow 71

6 The Buzz 81

7 Natural Inspiration 95

8 Sustainable Succession 107

9 Stewards of Note 117

10 Nibbles of Nostalgia 131

Notes 145

Index 155

About the Author 160