The Delta in the Rearview Mirror: The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery BOTY_2025 An unemployed jeweler sails in

An unemployed jeweler sails in an antique slave ship

Each chapter is a quiet

Claire wants it all—and in the eyes of her friends

First published in 1925

revealing the political dynamics that drove the explosive growth of this revolutionary movement and its disastrous unraveling

The Delta in the Rearview Mirror: The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery BOTY_2025 An unemployed jeweler sails inAfter graduating from Mississippi State University in 1976, Di Rushing and her husband, Sam, found themselves back on their family farm near Merigold, Mississippi, with 350 acres and no real clue what to do. The couple decided to open the first winery in Mississippi, and with it, a successful business was born. Six years later, a small restaurant joined the Delta winery. Both businesses were thriving by 1990, with eight national award winning wines, a