Jarrod Boyle, winemaker at Alexandria Nicole Cellars and managing partner of Destiny Ridge Vineyards, likes the looks of the new turbines. The vertical wind turbines look more like artwork than they do wind machines, Jarrod Boyle says of the renewable energy project installed at Destiny Ridge Vineyards/Alexandria Nicole Cellars. Since September, the Horse Heaven Hills vineyard and winery that overlooks the Columbia River near Alderdale, Washington, has turned wind into electricity from its Windspire energy system. The propeller-free, vertical axis design represents new technology for small wind power systems with a range of potential uses, from homeowner to farmer to […]