Article: South Casco, Maine, Winery Gains Early Success with Products.

Byline: Mark Shanahan

Aug. 16--SOUTH CASCO, Maine--On this improbably hot day, as sweat drips from his forehead and spreads in widening circles under his arms, Steve Linne still looks comfortable.

That's because Linne is a winemaker and all this heat and humidity is good for the grapes he's growing in a small test vineyard off Route 302.

"This is fun," Linne said, inspecting a bundle of green grapes, "but if I had to survive off Maine-grown fruit, I'd be out of business."

Thankfully, Linne and his partner, David Ulrich, do not have to rely on Maine grapes to make their prize-winning vidal blanc or the 14 other wines they produce at ...

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