Bennett Lane’s winemaker Rob Hunter:
Interventionist or active winemaker?
Bennett Lane's Winemaker:
A Modern Traditionalist
by
Alan Goldfarb
May 26, 2009
MUST CONFESS that I was hesitant to write Bennett Lane’s story when its winemaker, Rob Hunter, began to explain how he makes wine for the Calistoga winery. That’s because he blends lots from a bevy of vineyards from throughout the Napa Valley, only after he allows the fruit to stay out in the field longer than a Yankees outfielder caught in a 14-run inning.
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