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Barrels of rains make it hard for area farmers to produce casks of wine
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Cavender Creek Vineyards and Winery owner Raymond Castleberry inspects his grapes. Heavy rains and an overabundance of rainfall has kept Castleberry on his toes fighting fungi on his plants and trying to stay on top of maintenance at his Lumpkin County business.
With harvest time approaching, winemakers in the Dahlonega area’s wine country are hoping for less water — from the skies, that is — so they can turn grapes into wine. “If it doesn’t stop raining, we’re going to probably lose our crop,” said Raymond Castleberry, owner of Cavender Creek Vineyards with his wife, Donna. Controlling mildew means doubling up on sprays, which Castleberry has done.