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Grape expectations at the 2011 Headhouse farmers market
Though monoculture is frowned upon in organic-grower circles, these single-crop farmers have a legit excuse. They grow grapes. For wine!
Grape expectations at the 2011 Headhouse farmers market
Market season is fast approaching, and the Food Trust-curated Headhouse Market (arguably the most popular in town — no news for anyone who’s tried to slip through the colonnaded gauntlet of Bichons and Bubgaboos) has 36 vendors lined up for 2011. Market manager Katy Wich is jazzed about two confirmed newcomers that will help diversify Headhouse’s portfolio, and though monoculture is frowned upon in organic-grower circles, these single-crop farmers have a legit excuse. They grow grapes. For wine!
Headhouse already has one vineyard, Stargazers from Coatesville. This season will see the arrival of Paradocx Vineyard, a 100-acre site in Chester County — the name comes from the physician owners, a "pair of docs" — and the Razzi family’s Penns Woods Winery in Chadds Ford. Snobs may balk at Keystone-grown vino, but both producers are award winners, and Gino Razzi’s powerful, limited-edish "Ameritage" blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, Carmine, Sangiovese and Nebbioli sounds ridiculous. And for those of us used in the inconvenience of buying wine at PLCB-run life-drags, these pop-up bottle shops will be a welcome change of pace.
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