One doesn’t often hear a vintner threatening to dethrone terroir,and I suppose I must sound sacrilegious. But before all this began, I was an avid wine lover and consumer. From an affordable bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, I quickly progressed to 1990 J.L. Chave Cathelin, 2010 Leflaive Montrachet, 1990 DRC Romanee-Conti, 1961 Haut-Brion, 1982 Le Pin, and so on.
My approach to wine appreciation—call it “criticism,” perhaps—is to look for fau...
Jayson discovered his special interest in and talent for wine tasting while he was fresh out of school working as an electronic engineer in Silicon Valley. His newfound passion quickly drove him to become a fanatic devotee of several wine regions, including the Rhône, Burgundy, and Napa.
For the past decade, Jayson acquainted himself with the Napa Valley’s most elite producers and their wines. He is now considered to be the le...
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