“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 to which he brings his personal touch. The artisanal creation that results is synonymous with beauty, rarity, fraternity, and joy.”

—Jean-Paul Hébrart, Champagne Marc Hébrart, France

Young vines are sometimes covered with milk cartons to protect them from animals.

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“Perhaps the nearest I come to gluttony is with wine. As often as possible, when a really beautiful bottle is before me, I drink all of it I can, even when I know that I have had more than I want physically. That is gluttonous.
But I think to myself, when again will I have this taste upon my tongue? Where else in the world is there just such a wine as this, with just this bouquet, at just this heat, in just this crystal cup? And when again will I be alive to it as I am this very minute, sitting here on the green hillside above the sea, or here in this dim, murmuring, richly odorous restaurant, or here in this fisherman’s café on the wharf? More, more I think—all of it to the last exquisite drop, for there is no satiety for me, nor ever has been in such drinking.”

**—M.F.K. Fischer, An Alphabet for Gourmets, 1949.
Fisher lived in the Sonoma Valley for much of her life.**