Hudin: yr. 10 no. 6
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Hudin: yr. 10 no. 6
To say that times are strange does something of a disservice to pretty much all other moments in history. Wine vines are completely oblivious to our pandemic however and they haven't slowed down for second. Even if there's a plague of mildew that ravages the vineyards like we've seen this year, there are still grapes that need to be picked and wine that needs to be made.
Winemakers have an unenviable, unavoidable task this year and they're trying to do the best the can, all-the-while knowing that there may not even be a normalized market for the wines when they start coming of age next year. No winemaker is thinking about that at the moment and maybe it's a welcome distraction to everything else in the world that they have cellars to clean and vines to tend to.
Those of us who are but mere drinkers of this liquid have the easier part in this relationship and we must continue to do our part and "deal" with all these wines that are to issue forth!
And now, this: