Diary of a dream – part 10

Guest contributor
Tuesday 25 October 2016

Neophyte vigneron Chris Boiling continues to make bad decisions – this time he managed to miss his own 2016 harvest. And calls for (decidedly indirect) help with pressing his 2017.
A pretty girl showed me to the tasting room. I was surprised when she started pouring the wine. I thought, ‘You’re too young to be serving alcohol.’
She continued to pour the estate’s portfolio of wines and, as I tasted my way through them, I realised this petite brunette already knew more about winemaking than I ever will. When the winemaker came up from the cellar to take a break...
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