What makes a good vintage?
What makes excellent vintages, versus vintages that are not as stellar? In this day and age, with technology, we have been able to compensate for vintages that were complete failures. However, what makes a stellar vintage is just magic. It has to do with all the planets lining up, everything just being perfect. The growing season is sort of like the experiences that we go through in life. When we have difficulties, we would like to say that difficulties are things that we could pass on, but they build character. When those vines, the tendrils, meaning the roots, have o really struggle to reach water, they do something extra. And they draw minerals from the earth. They draw something that is a little different.