"Clever Tyrants are never punished" . . . Voltaire
Below is a quote from July of 2013 describing our experience with growing grapes and making wine: "Of all of our crops, the grapes are the most work intensive and, if ignored for one moment, can turn on you like a mean girl at camp. At every step of the wine making process, there is opportunity to fail -- from a miscalculation at harvest or a blown bung during spring to a leaking barrel to bad corks to exploding wine bottles -- the list is endless. For whatever reason, though, the wine grapes are much like the child in any family that is difficult, fussy and throws tantrums; it seems Mother always loved them the most. Making the wine (and drinking it) is a passion, a love which cannot be explained, and we are passionate about making extraordinary wine -- although it hasn't happened yet -- and nothing beats those moments when it all comes together and we get it right. We are inching ever closer." That was three years ago. ...