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Fledgling winemakers try to sink roots in Wyoming. Producers rely on trial and error, cooperative spirit

September 2, 2006 /

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On the family farm in Huntley, Wyo., Patrick Zimmerer and his family used to grow the basics: corn, hay and sugar beets.

But in 2001 the University of Wyoming graduate brought his knowledge and energy home after writing a senior thesis on growing grapes and turned a section of the acreage into a vineyard.

"We got started just looking into the value-added crops in agriculture," Zimmerer said.

Agriculture is changing, he added, and many people who want to be involved in it don’t have the acreage needed to turn a profit in corn or hay, he said.

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/02/news/wyoming/25-wine.txt

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