Richard Grant Wine

Richard Grant Wine
1120 Darms Lane,
Napa, California
USA 94558
Phone: (707) 259-0958
http://richardgrantwine.com/

Contact: Richard Grant Peterson
Email: [email protected]

It was a fortunate discovery that none of our Wrotham grapevines in the Napa Valley has ever needed to be dusted with sulfur to protect against Powdery mildew -- as happens routinely with all the other commercial vines in California and most of the world. Since no chemical fungicides or insecticides are used on these vines, the vineyard would qualify as organic.Dr. Peterson began his career as a home winemaker in 1948 in Iowa. After receiving his B.S. degree in Chemical Technology from Iowa State University in 1952, M.S. in Food Technology (1956) from the University of California, Berkeley, and PhD in Agricultural Chemistry from the University of California, he joined the E. & J. Gallo Winery in New Product Development and Research in 1958. During his ten years at Gallo his major jobs included Research Director and Assistant Production Manager in charge of winemaking.e has authored numerous publications, including winery newsletters, research articles in technical journals, a column on common sense winemaking in Wines & Vines magazine and was an original wine host for America Online. He holds patents on improved wine production processes and methodology for treating plant diseases, notably Pierce's Disease of grape vines. His approach uses a novel method for forcing plants to accept the injection of antibiotics or other active agents, which could not otherwise be injected into grapevines or other plants. The antibiotic is packed dry into a slotted, hollow nylon screw. When the screw is fixed into the trunk of the plant, rising sap dissolves the antibiotic and takes it throughout the plant where it kills the invading disease bacteria.

Winemaker: Richard Grant Peterson

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