Fruitful Ambitions at Cellardoor Vineyards

Cellardoor Vineyard owner Bettina Doulton is doing more than making a go of it in Lincolnville, ME.

Some Maine businesses begin under the best of circumstances, others under the worst.

In 2006 two high-powered coworkers at Fidelity Investments in Boston named John Tynan and Bettina Doulton discovered they shared complementary dreams after she was diagnosed with cancer. “I’d had a bad doctor’s appointment, and I asked John, ‘What are things you always wanted to do before you died?’ He said, ‘I always wanted to own a vineyard.’ I had always wanted to go run a small business. John looked at me and said, ‘Well, there is a vineyard for sale in Maine.’ ”

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