Cove Crest Vinyard
Tanya and I recently visited a couple of new friends way out in the country.
The new friends were a couple we met at the Redding, California Farmer's Market.
Allan and Mineca Griggs are regulars at the market because that is the only place in the world where they sell the product of their farm, the Cove Crest Vinyard.
We got to know them as we discussed their wine and were invited to lunch at their vineyard to explore and see how two ordinary but not so ordinary people made their dream come true.
The Cove Crest Vinyard is established in what is known as The Cove in Northeastern Shasta County—out Burney way.
It has a remote feel and different weather than Redding since it is considerable higher—at 2300 feet elevation.
The fertile acreage is just about perfect for the vines Allan and Mineca have planted and tended for several years now—and they do the whole process by hand: “Our wines are produced by hand, from planting and nurturing...harvesting, crushing, pressing and fermentation to the bottling and labeling process.”
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