It was nearly harvest time and I was standing in a Grenache vineyard in Southern Catalunya. Or at least, I thought it was Grenache as there were two rows of vines that didn’t look terribly Grenache-y. The owner was busy talking to a delivery driver and so I helped myself to taste a grape. The electric shock of acidity that hit my tongue was more potent than even the most feral of natural wines I’ve had the displeasure of encountering. As I was trying to rebalance the pH in my […]

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