AGRICULTURE
The agricultural conditions which ensure prime fruit in the Grand Valley, also produce premium grapes. In the 1980s, serious planting of vineyards for wine grapes began around Palisade, and wineries were established. Prize vintages are being developed, and the wineries also are a tourist attraction. Viticulture now is branching out to other areas of the Grand Valley.
(Photo taken at Grande River Vinyards, Palisade, Colorado, 1999, photo by Jack Dykinga.)