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Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Sep 16, 2012
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When Doug Meador left the Navy in 1971, he thought that he would return to Washington state and his apple orchard, but friends persuaded him to go to Monterey County and help them plant a vineyard, and that was that. In 1972, he purchased land in what is now the Arroyo Seco AVA -- approved in 1983 -- and founded Ventana Vineyards in the western hills of…

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