Viticulture consultant and vine expert Prudy Foxx has clones on her mind and in her blood. She’s been researching and experimenting with different clones, varieties, and rootstocks in different soils and climates for decades now. Originally from Indiana, she realized early on that her center was somewhere on the West coast: “It was a mistake that I was born in the Midwest. As a teenager I was very fortunate to have a friend who had a father that loved to collect fine wines from Burgundy. In those days it was not a crime to share wine culture with your children (not that it is now, but society has changed) and I was exposed to dinnertime sips of some wonderful wines that forever set my palate.”