THE FINAL VINTAGE JOURNAL
Notes from the last harvest.
FIELD NOTES · WILLAMETTE VALLEY
What happens to a vineyard after the last harvest
The fruit is gone and the crews have moved on. We spent a season at Ferrenhill watching what the land does next — and who comes back for it.
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A LETTER
A letter from Elena Valgrande
On leaving the terraces her grandfather planted — and the one row she kept.
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INSIDE FINAL VINTAGE
How we verify a final release
Cellar visits, bottling records, and why every case is numbered by hand.
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ESSAY
The economics of closing well
A fire sale need not feel like one. What a dignified ending gives back.
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IN CONVERSATION
Forty harvests: Russell Bevan
The winemaker on his first barrel, his final pick, and the case he kept.
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