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Notes From the
Vintner
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Welcome
to our column. We hope that you will return to
learn interesting notes on wine, and related
subjects. Wine is a great gift from God to be used
for the enjoyment of man. It is a food, and should
be treated as such. It is meant to lift up the body
and lighten the soul. 6/01/05
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In all
things, your glass is half full or half empty…
This
wise saying applies to each of us. If you are speaking of
love, sorrow, happiness or life, it is how you look at life
and all things in life that affect you. Nothing is as good
as it seems, nor is it as bad as it seems. Therefore, enjoy
life, and good wine. Good wine is for you and the ones you
care about, while bad wine is for all the others. Now having
said all these wonderful things, let us get to the point of
this note.
Your outlook in life needs to be up lifting. Do not allow
anyone or thing pull you down. This is the time of year that
we go into the cellar and see a thousand things to do. So we
duck out into the vineyard and they follow us. It was only a
few days ago that it was too cold to prune, and now we have
so much work to do in the vineyard we believe that we may
never get it all finished. I had seven people in the
vineyard yesterday working, and I was wondering if we would
finish up the project. So I had to step back and look at the
glass to know that it was half full.
Go into the cellars and make a list of what needs to be done
before the crush. Get the equipment repaired and cleaned for
use. Make sure that you have everything that you need for
making the wine. Keep your glass half full. Do not put
things off to do later, for later is tomorrow. The same
thing applies to the vineyard. Get your sprays lined up and
spend a bit of time each day checking the grapes and
fruit.
This will be my 50th
year of
making wine. It has been one of the best love affairs of my
life. And it is still as strong as it was in 1955, when as a
teenager I fell in love with the art of making wine. There
will be a party to rejoice, but until then, let us fill our
half glass full and toast life, happiness, good friends, and
wine. TO US ! ! ! !
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