Growwiners in British Columbia

DON KELLETT is located in Coquitlam, BC, in a residential area where he has managed to squeeze about 40 vines onto a steeply terraced, south facing slope in my backyard. In 1977, after several years of amateur wine making, he got the urge to grow his own vine - and so purchased this scraggly little thing labeled "Riesling" at the corner nursery/milk store. After a property move and much tribulation, the cuttings of that original Okanagan Riesling have provided my most successful plantings. While we don't have a harsh winter in Coquitlam, lack of sun, torrential rain, incredible humidity, voracious wasps and the most savage racoons on the continent provide major challenges. EMail Don Kellett (Ed note: Don has been one of the most successful competitive amateur winemakers in Canada over the years- LFW)

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