
Today is a share day, with me passing along a note from a winemaker, Wes Hagen at Clos Pepe , who once wanted to be a writer, and once you read this, perhaps you’ll understand why. It’s a bit of a contrarian view on the vintage, from my perspective, but this is offered in the spirit of sharing from a die-hard Pinot lover.
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