Lou Wagoner and Don Wood produce 2,000 cases of wine at Icicle Ridge, including dessert ice wines made from estate-grown grapes. On a sunny afternoon, Dean Neff can gaze out the windows and drink in some great views—the blue waters of Lake Chelan, the Cascade Mountains ringing the lake, and seven acres of grapevines sweeping up the gentle hill and surrounding his building. Neff is the proprietor and winemaker at Nefarious Cellars at Lake Chelan and is part of an expanding cadre of growers there who are digging into the world of wine. Neff is no newcomer to agriculture. He […]