Insights From 71 Winemakers And Winery Owners – Part II

Insights From 71 Winemakers And Winery Owners – Part II

Share to Linkedin In the past decade I have met and interviewed dozens of winemakers and winery owners. Below are photographs and quotes from a few, with links to articles. More photos are at my new VinoVoices Instagram site. Valérie Costanzo (right) and daughter Serena of Palmento Costanzo, Sicily 'Most incredible for me is living the magnificence of Mount Etna through visitors. I come every day and enjoy this atmosphere and landscape. But living through other people who love wine, Mount Etna, and this peaceful terroir? It's beautiful.' 'Terroir is the conjunction of wind currents, sunshine and stability of soils linked to hydrology. I don't see how we could change it... Of course the future will be different, but it cannot be very much different because the terroir will remain the same... A cellar and sales can be rapidly changed and adapted, but the vines take one or two generations.' Vivien Ujváriof of Barta Wines in Tokaj, Hungary 'Sometimes, when you guide a tasting, you are asked several times, 'Who is the winemaker?' I tell them it is me. Then they ask, 'Who is the other winemaker?' Because they don't believe you can be a winemaker when you are young,