Over the next two years the owners, along with family, friends, and local contractors, cleared land and built a vineyard community with ten 1-acre lots. Along the way 11 acres of land was cultivated and prepared for planting. In 2009 with the assistance of a local nursery and Cornell University (where Jim holds a degree in Agricultural Economics, while Chris attended UC Davis and studied Viticulture and Enology) 15,000 vines were planted.`
