- David Poland, Galesburg, Ill.
Dear David: In the wine world, it's not size of your hometown, but the measure of your patience and perseverance that determines success.
Boutique wineries in tiny villages - such as the historic Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville, N.Y., population about 6,000 - can have as much success as one founded amid hundreds of acres of vines in the famed Napa Valley of California.
Enormous changes in the way grapes are grown, and how wine is made and distributed, have made it possible for anyone to begin a label - whether they live in midtown Manhattan or mid-state Illinois.
But that's not to say it will be easy.
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