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Guest Villas, Wine Tasting Boutique Coming to Dorner Family Vineyard

The Forde Files

Mike and Michele Dorner of Dorner Family Vineyard have created a forested wonderland in their corner of Cummings Valley where they book one wedding a weekend so the participants can relax and enjoy their special time. The Dorners will sell their own wine in a forthcoming wine tasting boutique and they are building four Tuscan-style guest villas. They have planted more than 600 trees in 52 varieties on the property and have 500 vines of Reisling and Zinfandel grapes. With extra grapes purchased from surrounding vineyards, they plan to produce 7,500 bottles of wine.