“Wine, land, agricultural skills, and entrepreneurship are gifts from God—the Creator has entrusted them to us because, with our sensitivity and honesty, we make them a true source of joy.” —Pope Francis (December 17, 1936… Continue reading
“…it is always good to question the terminology of our enthusiasms. We can say that wine is essentially female because it comes from the earth, and we don’t say ‘father earth.’ The best things are… Continue reading
“In the Willamette Valley, we are no longer simply trying to make a great wine. We are now just as concerned with revealing place. With Pinot Noir a single place (a vineyard) reveals extremely precise… Continue reading
“I don’t drink Chardonnay. I drink Mersault, Chablis, Puligny-Montrachet… things like that. Chardonnay is at its best when it shows its place. So, it has got to be grown in a great place.” —Dominique Lafon,… Continue reading
“The wine one drinks from one’s glass depends on a vast number of things that make it precisely what it is at the moment.” –Richard Olney (April 12, 1927-August 3, 1999) as reported in the… Continue reading
“We believe wine is the temperate, civilized, sacred, romantic mealtime beverage recommended in the Bible. It is a liquid food that has been part of civilization for 8,000 years. Wine has been praised for centuries… Continue reading
