A facial plastic surgeon and his wife spend five years trying to turn their hilltop estate in rural Chatham, NY into a vineyard and event venue — the story of one rich couple hijacking a historic community. What starts as a wedding venue dream becomes a wine tasting room scheme, complete with a January traffic study, unmapped wetlands, and 150 bottles of wine masquerading as a commercial operation. The community fights back.
The Wine Wars
The Grapes of Wrath: A Plastic Surgeon, a Vanity Vineyard, and the Dirt-Road Rebellion o Columbia County
The Grapes of Wrath: A Plastic Surgeon, a Vanity Vineyard, and the Dirt-Road Rebellion o Columbia County
A Small Town Versus the Plastic Surgeon Come Vintner. The Wine Wars, Episode One.
The Wine Wars
An investigative look at how a winery proposal in the Town of Chatham became a fight over zoning power, public records, and who really controls land use in rural New York.
An investigative look at how a winery proposal in the Town of Chatham became a fight over zoning power, public records, and who really controls land use in rural New York.Authors
