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**The winery is closed until 2012. Click here for fine wine shops and restaurants that showcase La Vigna wines** 
| | La Vigna Estate Winery makes only estate grown, produced and bottled wines. Our pre-prohibition winegrowing philosophy of on-time harvesting goes against the contemporary winemaking style of high sugar content and over-ripe flavors. The goal of making wines that strongly convey the "somewhereness" of the vineyard is our passion.
To define the Ohio River Valley precisely in winegrowing terms is a matter that requires instinctive feelings. Historically there is much more to it. From Nicholas Longworth’s Sparkling Catawba to present day winegrowers the path remains the same. The first and most important key to quality is dedication, keeping an eye on the vines as the season progresses, managing the canopies to maximize the amount of exposure each cluster receives, dropping crop where needed to balance the vines, and making that all-important decision about the right time to harvest. We work hard in the vineyard, and then we allow our wines to make themselves.
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| “When it comes to quality wines, the familiar words "winemaker" and "winemaking" are insufficient. In fact, there is no word for "winemaker" in France, Italy, Spain, or Portugal, among other countries. We should think of these artisans as "winegrowers," whose activity is "winegrowing." -Steven Kolpan | |
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