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The Beechwood Inn Georgias Premier Wine Country Inn
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A Life of Food and Wine by Gerard Voos: "It was so exciting at that time," said Gayle Darugh, "because so many people were making it and selling it from their garage or whatever, and they were just passionate about it, and wanting to see what would happen if they came from all these different backgrounds to do this thing with the earth." Such was the winemaking industry in California during the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Gayle and husband David own and operate the Beechwood Inn, a bed and breakfast, in Clayton, Georgia. Both were raised among the vineyards of California; Gayle in the Napa Valley and David in Sonoma County. David's family owned and operated a restaurant, where he, "learned mostly about food, cooking in the restaurant," he said, but he also picked up quite a bit of knowledge on wines at the same time. For Gayle, her early education in wines was more osmotic, but still effective. "At first," she said, “what I always liked about it was the tie to the soil. How involved they were with the earth, the production of the grapes."
Later on during college, David became interested in fine wines working part-time at a winery. He went on to write his senior thesis at San Jose State University comparing the operation of a small winery versus a large winery. David also worked as a clown during college, performing in parades and at Christmas parties for companies such as IBM and other Silicon Valley high-tech firms. He met Gayle while performing in a parade, jumping into the car she was riding in as Miss Fire Prevention. Wine was such a part of their lives that their first dates were at local wineries. In the tasting rooms, they could inexpensively indulge their tastes for good wine and food.
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