Old Vines: Connections to the Past and the Future of Farming

So far, my little nomadic winemaking project has taken me to some extraordinary wine lands: Bairrada in northern Portugal, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Bio-Bio in southern Chile, Moratalla in southern Spain, the Mala Valley of Peru. In my efforts to learn about these lands, and make wines that represent them, old vines act as a sort of touchstone for what’s possible – the more of them there are, the greater the potential I see.