Grace, Grit and Lipstick with Shelby Watson Hampton
In this conversation with Shelby Watson Hampton, the first Maryland and first vineyard guest, describes her family’s five-acre estate vineyard and on-farm winery (six grape varieties; planted 2014; winery opened 2017) where they grow, harvest, process, bottle, and sell wine, plus a wedding barn converted from horse stables. Her husband manages the vineyard and works for the county soil conservation district; they have a four-year-old son and she is pregnant with their second child.
Shelby explains vineyard labor, harvest timing, and staffing without H-2A, compares agritourism realities, and…
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