Making good in the Badland of Washington

摘要

If you were looking for the most profitable place to plant a new vineyard, you would not start with the rocky cliffs above Washington's Yakima River. But Larry Pearson feel in love with these rugged badlands and the river vistas nearly 20 years ago."What spoke to me about it was just the magical sense of it, walking amongst the sage in this rugged terrain and enjoying the river," said Pearson, a longtime grower in the Red Mountain appellation, which is known for its bold reds. Pearson purchased this nearby property, just west of Red Mountain, in the early 2000s on a whim. A few years ago, he got serious about carving a home for premium wine grapes on the site he fondly calls the rock property. Making it farmable required some significant reshaping.