The Avventura of a Lifetime

Photo by Jane Therese
Beverly Tepper, a sensory scientist and Mark Pausch, a yeast molecular biologist both from Rutgers University, together created Avventura LLC.
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Mark Pausch sifts through the soil. The perfect soil for grapes is called a ‘sandy loam’. The vines should take in at least one inch of rain a week.
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Mark shows off a graft union on a 101-14 root stalk. The graft union protects the stalk against severe climate.
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An existing pond behind the vineyard will provide the water for the irrigation once the pump is installed.
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Riesling is one of four white varieties that Beverly and Mark have planted