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"I knew I wanted mountain fruit - a little bit of a clunky, rustic quality."
"Wine is the only beverage on the planet that draws people together, right?"
"Those of us who had been wringing our hands all that time in California said, "Well, yeah."
"France is known for great wine, but that will never happen down here, because we're just South America."
The first tasting was in the Rheinhessen; the cellarmaster was a 90-year-old woman.
"I would get all crazy about how beautiful the vineyards are in fall or about how the air smells like wine during crush."
"Flavor, in terms of wine quality, is secondary. It is important, but it is secondary."
"But they're Mexican wines, which most people haven't heard of, and that gives them a bit of cachet."
"What I want to sell people on is the concept of discovering."
"When it's your goal to educate folks about wine, entry-level will take you only so far."
"You could do a liberal arts degree with wine as the organizing principle."
'He started posting black-and-white photos of loyal customers on the inside walls.'
'I smell red fruit - red plums, red cherries, a little cranberry.'
'I'm overjoyed whenever I see references to Mexican wine in the literature.'