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By JANE BANGLEY Rappahannock News staff writer They say luck is the residue of preparation.
If that’s so, then success, at least in the case of Dirgham and Corinne Salahi, is the residue of luck. And a mistake. When the couple bought land in Hume in 1977, they never intended to become professional winegrowers. The few grapes they planted that year were enough for themselves. i They made a mistake and planted so many grapes that they gave their surplus to amateur winegrowers — until Dirgham got an idea. He decided to expand his operation, to increase production to compete with other amateur winegrowers. But even that got him in trouble. He outgrew the basement in the couple’s house and Corinne ordered the operation out of the house. Fruit flies invaded the kitchen. “After she kicked me out, I decided to try commercial wine-making since I had been winning medals,” Dirgham said. “That’s when we built the winery.” The large winery area, where the pressing and fermentation take place,
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