A very thoughtful relative gave us this wonderful book by Susan Sokol Blosser:  At Home in the Vineyard.  I’m glad she did.  I just finished reading it and highly recommend it if you are at all interested in the history of Oregon Pinot Noir, Sokol Blosser Winery, and/or women in the wine industry.  This is a story about two visionaries (Susan and her husband) with a little “hippie” influence in the 70’s who undertake the daunting tasks of planting and managing vineyards, starting a winery and raising a family in a sleepy, rural region in Oregon (now the world-famous “Dundee Hills”).  It is also a story about Susan’s own perserverance as a woman in a man’s world in the 1970’s and how she overcame the challenges of running a business in that environment. 

For the ever-hopeful part in me, this book was really inspirational.  Learning about how hard they worked to bring their (then) naive and crazy dreams to life is a reminder that anything can happen with enough effort and resolve.  The folks who started the wine industry up in Oregon are all regarded as “Pinot” pioneers and leaders, but with a laid-back, Oregonian manner that has set a postive and intelligent precedent for the rest of us to follow.  Cheers to Oregon and to Susan Sokol Blosser for making her story available to the rest of us!

  You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…....John Lennon

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