“You can make pudding out of anything”, so said one of my esteemed bosses. So it is with wine, you can make it from strawberries, Dandelions, rice or even tomatoes! Nothing however comes close to grapes, they have the best balance, color, sugar, acid, tannin and juice for creating a flavorful and complex wine that can improve with age.
Horton Vineyards
Viognier was almost gone forever!
The Viognier grape has existed since Christ’s time; however, its popularity dwindled over the years to almost extinction. In 1965, less than twenty acres of Viognier remained on the planet! At some point in the mid-nineteen sixties, its value as a blending grape emerged, using...