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Feature Article
Greg Martin, an antique arms dealer and Napa Valley vigneron, believes that the Cabernet Sauvignon based wines he produces leave a lingering albeit hard to qualify aftertaste, commonly described as “Rutherford dust”.
Rutherford ~ Napa Valley (AVA)
Explosion of Flavor: An interview with Martin Estate's Greg Martin
“We don’t blend. (So my wines) are very Rutherfordesque. You can taste the dust. It has a very distinct taste. But if you buy fruit from other places and stick it in, it won’t.”
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Alan Goldfarb
November 21, 2006
Greg Martin isn’t sure how many rooms or bathrooms there are in his stone-walled home that dates to 1887. The interior is some sort of poor man’s Versailles with hunting rifles that have 10-foot long barrels and floors which are festooned with lion and tiger rugs.
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