January 22, 2016
“While working that now-distant harvest, I’d discovered that the true romance of winemaking was the process itself, the act of physically willing mere grapes to become something infinitely more beautiful, and more lasting. Left to their own devices, grapes will just rot. But when turned into wine, they tell a story. This is the story of the 1995 Saucelito Canyon Zinfandel, and of those who made it…”
Mooncatcher’s Sean Weir is the author of the acclaimed book The Mad Crush: A Memoir of Mythic Vines and Improbable Winemaking, which was hailed as “riveting” by the Detroit News, “powerful” by the Santa Barbara News-Press and “entertaining from from start to finish” by Terroirist. Visit www.TheMadCrush.com for more info.