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       The Vineyard Years

      A Memoir with Recipes

      Susan Sokol Blosser

      Foreword by Alison Sokol Blosser

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      Text © 2017 by Susan Sokol Blosser

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher.

      Portions of this book were previously published in At Home in the Vineyard published by the University of California Press, Berkeley in 2008 and in Letting Go published by susansokolblosser.com in 2015.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Sokol Blosser, Susan, author. | Sokol Blosser, Susan. At home in the vineyard.

      Title: The vineyard years : a memoir with recipes / by Susan Sokol Blosser.

      Description: Portland, Oregon : WestWinds Press, 2017. | “Portions of this book were previously published in At Home in the Vineyard”—Title page verso.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017005980 | ISBN 9781513260716 (paperback) | ISBN 9781513260723 (e-book) | ISBN 9781513260730 (hardbound)

      Subjects: LCSH: Sokol Blosser, Susan. | Women vintners—Oregon—Biography. | Vintners—Oregon—Biography. | Wineries—Oregon—Dundee. | Wine and wine making—Oregon—Dundee. | Cooking—Oregon.

      Classification: LCC TP547.B56 A3 2017 | DDC 663/.20092 [B] —dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017005980

      Edited by Jennifer Newens

      Designed by Vicki Knapton

      Cover Photo by Andréa Johnson

      Published by WestWinds Press ®

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      Printed in the U.S.A. on FSC Certified Paper.

      CONTENTS

       Foreword : By Alison Sokol Blosser

       Acknowledgments

       CHAPTER ONE: Mac & Cheese Days

       Mac & Cheese

       CHAPTER TWO: A Sense of Place

       Bill’s Meatloaf à la Gascogne

       CHAPTER THREE: Oregon Vineyards Multiply

       Nick’s Minestrone

       CHAPTER FOUR: Vision, Heartache, Love

       Saag Paneer

       CHAPTER FIVE: Embracing Sustainability

       Zucchini Ribbon Salad with Oregon Pink Shrimp, Lemon, Olive Oil, and Herbs

       CHAPTER SIX: Passing the Baton

       Russ’s Root Vegetable Soup

       CHAPTER SEVEN: Second Generation at the Helm

       Caribbean Evolution

       CHAPTER EIGHT: Not Retirement, Reinvention

       Cider-Braised Pork Tacos with Peaches, Fennel Slaw, and Cider Reduction

       CHAPTER NINE: Family Ties

       Farro, Roasted Fennel, Feta & Treviso Radicchio Salad Blueberry Clafoutis

       CHAPTER TEN: Oregon Pinot Noir Comes of Age

       Russ’s Grilled Wild Salmon

       CHAPTER ELEVEN: Reflections

       Schaum Torte

       CHAPTER TWELVE: One Final Word

       Dedication

      To those fortunate few who, like me, have been lucky enough to experience the profound joys, and blistering challenges, of being part of a family business.

       Foreword

      My mother could have had an easy and grand life, following in her mother’s footsteps, with a French poodle by her side and a Mercedes in the garage. Instead, she chose to marry a boy from the West—my father—and become a farmer in Oregon. This is the story of that life.

      My mother’s life did not follow a conventional path. Admittedly, I am biased, yet I think you’ll find her story a fascinating one, touching on themes many women—myself included—have struggled with for decades. Her frank retelling of the joys and heartaches of a life lived among the vines echoes that of the vines themselves—growing from a young cutting to a fruit-bearing plant, giving generously of one’s life force like the grapes at harvesttime, pulling back during cold, hard times, like the grapes in dormancy, only to resurge again, full of life, in the new season.

      My mother grew up surrounded by opportunity. From a well-to-do family in the Midwest, my mother attended private schools and went to Stanford University. She went on to earn a master’s degree,

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