I'd learned some things. I knew you weren't supposed to hold a good wine at the top - the paper bag falls off.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The wine I produce is not for keeping. It's the wine you want when meeting friends for a game of cards.
My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.
At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine.
In France, I learned about wine and cheese.
When I was 17 or 18 I wanted to become a wine expert, and my parents wouldn't let me drink. So I was devastated. All I could do was read, and I read and I read. And I'd read something like, you know, 'Subtle hints of cassis.'
The reality is that I'm making better wine than I thought I would. The whole process is simple but beautiful.
Fairly early in my career, I had a passion for wine just as a consumer, and I started to learn about the whole process, starting with a piece of raw ground, and ending up with a work of art in a bottle.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
I knew I couldn't solve it. Because I couldn't figure out what made her drink when things were going well.
I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.