In 1969, a neighbor took Foley to a dank, dark cellar at one of California's most venerable wineries, where the precocious teenager tasted directly from a cask of Inglenook 1968 Charbono, a lesser known grape. "All my senses told me I wanted to make wines as good as that," Foley said. "With some nudging, I decided to take my musical interests with me to UC Davis and study winemaking, graduating with degrees in viticulture and enology. Fast forward to 2002, when I was introduced to the guy who produced the Charbono that got me started. He sold me a couple of tons of that grape and within two years, I took over his entire production." There is an on going debate in the grape world between so-called terroirists and winemaking scientists/technologists. Terroirists (terroir means "land") believe climate, soil, exposure, plants, trees growing nearby, insects in the area, everything associated with a site, determine a wine's quality.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
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