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If you want a really easy to care for, disease resistant, hardy rose then I would suggest you look at the Rugosa roses. There are some very lovely fragrant ones and they lend themselves well to hedging. "Hansa" is a fushcia colour and has a fabulous smell. 'Blanc Double de Coubert' is a white rose also with a lovely fragrance. They flower all summer if you deadhead or if your let the flowers fade they will develop lovely fat reddish orange hips in the fall.
My area is quite similar to the area around Salt Lake City and both these roses thrive here with little to no attention.

The wine is long gone, and what is left in the wood is only organic, grape remnant. But wine barrels do get washed the first year with sodium metabisulphate a kind of chlorine, but I don't even think your plants would be affected by that. A good winery then sells its barrels, as it can spoil the taste of the new wine.

The problem with the tomatoes is blossom end rot due to inconsistent amounts of water during growth