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A Caldwell food center is where some Idaho winemakers make their wine

The Daily Nampa teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 2 sources

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If you've sipped a Famici wine, it was made in Caldwell. Famici Wine Co. makes and bottles its wines at the University of Idaho's Food Technology Center and , which the Post Register describes as filling a key niche for Idaho's wine industry.

Winemaker C.J. Northrup and his wife, Janet, dreamed of owning a small vineyard and winery after summer trips teaching geology classes in Sardinia, Italy. Will Wetmore, owner of Veer Wine Project, also stores casks at the incubator.

Two winemakers use the Caldwell incubator

WinemakerAt the center
Famici Wine Co. (C.J. Northrup)Makes and bottles its wines
Veer Wine Project (Will Wetmore)Stores casks
  • Vineyard: Northrup's 2026 crop grows at Famici's vineyard
  • Tasting room: Northrup has an award-winning Primitivo at Famici's

Also in Caldwell, KTVB tells the story of a widow who spent years sharing her late husband's pancreatic cancer story. She believes it's why the man she loves now survived the same disease.

Sources: Post Register, KTVB

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  1. Post Register21 hours ago

    U of I’s Caldwell Food Technology Center filling key niche for Idaho wine industry, on Post Register

    Inspired by summer trips spent teaching geology classes in Sardinia, Italy, one of the world’s preeminent wine regions, C.J. Northrup and his wife, Janet, dreamed of owning a small vineyard

  2. Idaho StatesmanYesterday

    After a ‘devastating fire,’ this Meridian bar just reopened. And it ‘felt great’, on Idaho Statesman

    A longtime Meridian bar, The Curb Bar & Grill, reopened after an electrical fire shuttered it in August; customers are back while kitchen repairs continue.