Another harvest is behind us – this one the 50th for Barbara and me – and it looks to be a fine year.

My middle daughter Ali has accompanied me on a number of sales trips over the years. She’s a great traveling companion, largely because of her love for food and adventure. 

I met a slew of great winemakers in my quarter century working with Kermit Lynch, but not one of them stood taller than Aubert deVillaine…