Source: Martha Quillin, NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/23/17

At the beginning of each grape-growing season, John Quincy Adams IV thanks his earthly father for having the vision to launch a vineyard on a former tobacco farm, and his heavenly father for helping to make it a viable agricultural enterprise. “They’re (God’s) vines,” Adams said Sunday before the Rev. Roger Horne conducted a brief blessing ceremony at the vineyard, about 15 miles south of Raleigh. “I tell him that all the time: They’re your vines. Just help me take care of them like I need to.”

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