The wine chef spills his secrets

Clark Smith of Vinovation, a California winemaking and wine-fixing company, presented a workshop at the recent MW Symposium in Napa. He rivals Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon for aphorism rate – two quotes a minute, even if delivered so rapidly and laconically that you have to strain to hear them. For a little background on this self-confessed practitioner of the dark arts of wine manipulation, see Microx v hang time, In praise of chips and microx and grapecraft.com for a spirited poster demonstrating what exactly Vinovation/Grapecraft does.

 

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