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| Lopez Island Vineyards | Lopez Island, WA 98261 |
www.lopezislandvineyards.com
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724 Fisherman Bay Road Lopez Island, WA 98261 (360) 468-3644 Fax : 360 468-3644*9 Email: orders@lopezislandvineyards.com
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Our estate vineyards are located in the Puget Sound Appellation. This is a federally designated grape growing area, characterized by its cool maritime climate. Our six-acre vineyard is contiguous with our winery. The summers are very dry (some years we must irrigate) and are tempered by the cooling influence of the waters, which surround our island. We planted our vineyards in 1987 on sparse soils associated with the Vashon Glaciations which covered our area 10,000 years ago: we are on a moderately deep sandy, gravelly loam soil. This allows for early growth as this soil is well drained. With moderate fertility, our low vigor vines grow an open canopy, allowing the summer sun to penetrate and shine on the developing fruit. This gives our grapes wonderful fruit flavors with a favorable acid balance. We have selected grapes that are matched to our growing climate. These come from similar regions of northern Europe. These grapes are only grown here in the northwest corner of North America and would not be suited to hotter regions. We feel they have found perfect growing conditions here on Lopez Island. Our vineyards have been grown using organic practices since 1987, and have been certified Organic by the Washington State Department of Agriculture since 1989. |
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Winemaker Brent Charnley
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My interest in winemaking and organic farming began as a college student in 1977; I had been drawn to farming as a trade through my interest in the Back to the Land movement and I had begun home winemaking as a homestead skill. With a strong heart-felt connection to Lopez Island which I had developed as a child, I knew early on that I wanted to make Lopez Island my home. These dreams and desires began to coalesce in 1979 while hitchhiking through France. I serendipitously found an opportunity to work on a vineyard in the Bordeaux region. After spending a growing season with Peter and Fox King (my generous mentors), I began learning pruning, tractor driving and other farming skills. I quickly found I was in love with growing grape vines! |
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2009 Madeleine Angevine
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