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Putting down roots

WINCHESTER " Fog isn't a sure deal here, local vintners warn, but the vineyard at Umpqua Community College now has a layer of fog-loving grapevines.Southern Oregon Wine Institute Director Chris Lake and about 21 others " including students from the Phoenix School, UCC and a California nurseryman " spent Wednesday planting the beginnings of the college's vineyard with nebbiolo, a grape that means fog in Italian.Sutherlin High School students will plant syrah vines next week, completing the first year's planting of 390 vines.In the evening, a small ceremony took place on a grassy knoll " which is to become a …

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