WeatherEye Vineyard & MTN/ART Wines

Ryan Johnson of WeatherEye Vineyard & MTN/ART Wines Ryan Johnson grew up making mischief with his art supplies.  He excelled in art at school, and ended up majoring in it while at community college.  Although he eventually shifted to a pre-med track with the goal of becoming an eye doctor, he has always turned to art as a form of self-expression.  Just before enrolling in his pre-med classes in anatomy and physiology, a phone call changed his life.  The caller was Jim Holmes, owner of Ciel du Cheval Vineyard on Red Mountain.  He invited Ryan for a tour of the vineyard, and after driving around, he stopped his truck and asked Ryan to be his vineyard manager.  That was the start of Ryan’s career on Red Mountain, which now spans roughly 25 years and multiple premier vineyards.  The most recent is WeatherEye Vineyard , which some have called the most ambitious vineyard in the United States. The idea for WeatherEye began in 2004 when Cameron Myhrvold start

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