From Grapes To Wine, Part 2

This trip back to the Anderson Valley of my youth, from the late 1950s to the late 1980s, began with a review of the region’s grape and wine industry before and during my earliest days in the valley that appeared in the December 19, 2012 Anderson Valley Advertiser. Having covered the first two waves of local wine industry development, it is time to tackle the current, third wave, which commenced during my time in the Valley. I began a cellar inventory in the early 1970s (it is still in use after all these year) and so am able to augment my memories with brief notes on some of the Valley’s earliest wines.