I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
...snip..."The lure of grape growing has also hit Peterborough region, another region where they said it couldn't be done. Almost all things related to vines in this area seem to lead to the energetic Larry Passmore. A 46-year-old who works at a local liquor store, Larry gets together with other brave souls in the area to share the labour and wine in a vineyard they call Wally's Folly. When asked why, Larry says he's "too cheap to buy commercial. Besides, I just love it when I'm told something cannot be done. And I want to eventually be an Ontario wine expert, and I happen to believe that unless a person makes wine, grows grapes and tastes, he can't be a wine expert." He also operates the Growwine Internet mail list, where growers all over Ontario (and a few other provinces) discuss problems and solutions to growing grapes in challenging Canadian sites." ...snip... Geoff Heinricks