Working alongside Elliff is JULIEN DURANTIE... Durantie spent his summer vacations with his grandfather, who started a BORDEAUX family vineyard in the 1970s. winery, grape by-products are composted and used in the fields to enrich the soil. Elliff also actively supports the local community. DuCard frequently offers its unique Barrel Room Food & Wine Pairing Experience for local charity auctions. And several of its wines are focused on supporting local organizations. Its new Shenandoah wine, an aromatic semi-sweet white with peach, apricot and lychee notes, with a label depicting White Oak Canyon just down the road, supports the fundraising efforts of the Shenandoah
National Park Trust. Working alongside Elliff is Julien Durantie, the vineyard’s manager and head winemaker. A Bordeaux native who has been at DuCard for 10 years, Durantie spent his summer vacations with his grandfather, who started a Bordeaux family vineyard in the 1970s. He would tend the vines and learn the skills needed to run a vineyard. Going on to study food science and technology, he later came to the United States as an intern at DuCard to learn about the American wine
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