Sign up for our newsletter

Get the latest stories from the Yonder directly in your email inbox.

  • Newsletters
  • Donate
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Topics
    • Agriculture
    • Arts and Culture
    • Broadband and Technology
    • Cool Places
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Growth and Development
    • Health
    • Housing
    • National Rural Assembly
      • Rural Women’s Summit
    • Politics and Government
      • Rural Voters
    • Tribal Affairs
    • More
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content

Daily Yonder

Rural News and Information

Donate
  • New and Noteworthy
  • Covid-19 Dashboard
  • Rural Podcasts
  • Election 2020 Hub
Posted inAgriculture, Travel/Recreation

Marketing with Sheep-Mowers

<div style="text-align: center"><img width="150" src="/files/u2/sheep-thumb.jpg" alt="sheep thumb" height="109" title="sheep thumb" /></div><p>How does a small vineyard in a rural area make a sale?</p><p>It helps to have good wine. And David Mudd discovered it also helps to have sheep. Writing for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newfarm.org/features/2008/0108/winesheep/mudd.shtml" title="New Farm David Mudd on vineyard">New Farm</a>, Mudd interviewed Chuck Smith, owner of Smith-Berry Vineyard near New Castle, Kentucky. Smith now has 21 Border Cheviot sheep that are weeding and fertilizing his grapevines. They also provide a pastoral backdrop for visitors.</p><p>"I haven't studied it, but I think people tend to buy more wine the longer they stay around the place. And they come back more often," Smith said. His vineyard is forty miles from Louisville and twice that distance from Cincinnati. "So if the sheep are an attraction, I'm getting at least a "˜two-fer;' I get my weeds and grass eaten, and I give people another reason to come." </p><p>Collaborating with sheep is an old idea that wineries have rediscovered <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/04/WIGP4IJGDK1.DTL" title="california wineries and sheep">in California, too</a>. </p>
by dyadmin January 27, 2008January 30, 2008

Share this:

You Might Also Like

  • Recreation Is Bigger Share of U.S. Economy than Ag or Mining, Report Says
  • Rural ‘Recreation Counties’ Show More Population Resilience
  • ‘Picking Ourselves Up by the Bootstraps’ – The Resilience of Small Businesses in Rural Recreation Counties
Tagged: Travel/Recreation, Yonder Flash

Trending Stories

  • Last-Minute Trump Administration Proposal Would Effectively Redefine ‘Rural’
  • Commentary: 5 Ways Biden Can Help Rural America Thrive and Bridge the Rural-Urban Divide
  • Commentary: Urgently Needed – A Racial Equity Approach to Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
  • Former Respiratory Therapist Breathes New Life Into Rural Comedy
  • Rural First Responder: Why I Chose to Get Vaccinated

Connections

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Topics
  • Donate
© 2021 Center for Rural Strategies. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS