"Plant a vine ... become entangled in its tendrils.

We begin the second section of the book on cultivating wine grapes.

We are now leaving the realm of flavor and entering into an area of wine knowledge that even many winemakers lack understanding of - farming grapes for fine wine. While my academic background was in plant science in general, and agronomy in particular, it was after more than a decade of winemaking before I turned my attention to farming. Most enthusiast…