• 02:58.00 - During a blending session if something isn't working or if you are not happy with a wine what can you do?
• 11:01.00 - When shopping for wine how can you tell a wine is a "quality" product and not heavily processed or cheap?
• 18:51.00 - Why is it that we can find some wines we like in a wine shop or at a place like Costco for cheaper than the winery?
• 28:14.00 - Do you think Napa Cabernet Sauvignon will ever decline in popularity? It seems like there really isn't that much variety coming from Napa. https://napavintners.com/press/docs/napa_valley_fast_facts.pdf
• 34:40.00 - You have mentioned that has been a slower year tourism-wise in Napa. How is that affecting the wineries? Are the finding success elsewhere?

Tough winemaking years (ie 2022, 2020, 2011 and so on) can create all kinds of challenges that ripple through the winemaking process. Even as we finalize wines from 2022 even the most talented winemakers can run into snags.

There is a long way to go but when it comes to figuring out exactly what is going into your wines we've seen an improvement! Hopefully it is the first of many dominos to fall.

SOURCES:

• Napa Valley Vintner's & Wine Institute Press Release - https://napavintners.org/downloads/2024/Wine-Institute-EU-Nutrition-Ingredient-Labeling-FAQ-v3-4.29.24.pdf
• Accepted Additives per the EU - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1190/oj