Pierre Lafon

“I have doubt, but no fear.” —Pierre Lafon, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, when asked about taking over the family wine business from his famous uncle Dominique Lafon.

David Adelsheim

“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

Dominique Lafon

“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

“Making a great wine is easy…”

“Making a great wine is easy, it’s just the first 200 years that are difficult.”                    —Baroness Philippine de Rothschild (1933-2014)

“I love tasting wine…”

“I love tasting wine; it’s like doing therapy with the universe.” —Terry Theise, author of What Makes A Wine Worth Drinking: In Praise of the Sublime

“Wine is an art…”—Jean-Paul Hébrart

“Wine is an art where the winegrower gives himself the mission of achieving a passionate ‘creation of work’ that corresponds to his personal interpretation of his terroir. The winegrower is imbued with an ancestral knowledge… Continue reading

On Sherry

“What is the highest-touch style of winemaking? Not an industrial wine with a ton of additives, but a wine of beauty and authenticity that is totally reliant on people power to reach its full potential.… Continue reading

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