In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.
Doug Shafer heads Shafer Vineyards in Napa's Stags Leap District AVA. He arrived in Napa Valley as a teenager in 1973 when he moved with his family from Chicago to a new home in the rugged foothills of the Stags Leap Palisades. Throughout his high school years, he helped his father, John Shafer, in the vineyards and eventually enrolled in the enology and viticulture programme at the UC Davis. In 2012, he published his memoir, A Vineyard in Napa, recounting 40 years inside the Napa Valley wine industry.
Check it once, check it twice and check it again.
Every wine deserves a friend.
A Rock and Roll Life by Tom Petty
Rolling Stones: Scarlett (featuring Jimmy Page).
Crewing on an America's Cup yacht (at age 25).
Playing guitar ... really, really good.
Cycling.
Driving my 1972 Triumph TR-6.
(and lose) golf balls.
NY Times Sunday edition.
Bouchard Père et Fils' Beaune Premier Cru Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus.
My dad.
Black bean burritos and 2001 Hillside Select.
