In 1996, I landed in the remote Gavilan Mountains, east of Monterey, to start work as a winemaking intern for Chalone Vineyard, partially because I really wanted to learn winemaking, and also because the assistant winemaker there was an avid climber and needed a rope partner for his adventures at Pinnacles National Monument nearby. That harvest was what really hooked me on winemaking. It was the first time my wanderlust, my restaurant work, my farming ancestry, and my inclination towards science all came together in a field, tank, and glass. It became a calling.
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