“For 125 vines, close to 3000 pounds is it’s potential,” Robin Schlegel said as she looked at the vineyard.

She and her husband Jim have established the grape vines behind their rural Hokah home near, but not at, the base of a hillside. “When the vineyard is fully mature in five years, we’re looking at about a ton and a half of grapes,” Schlegel said.

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Robin and Jim Schlegel are pictured in the vineyard near their home in rural Hokah. (Caledonia Argus photo)