Julien's Journal November 2015 (Volume 40, Number 11) | Page 46

Wine Flavors 101
“The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with
best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous,
doesn’t grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a
mother’s obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots
deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of
water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors
are concentrated in the grape.”
– Isabel Allende, Portrait in Sepia

photos by John B. Donovan

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