The High Ones Die
David Lett, a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry, died Thursday. He was only 69. He went to Oregon's Willamette Valley in 1965, convinced -- against all the advice he had been given -- that this would be fertile ground for pinot noir and pinot gris. The wines he produced at The Eyrie Vineyard proved him right.
While a later generation or two of winemake…
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