Hens and Chicks in the Vineyard
“Hens and chicks” is a phrase you might not think relates to grape growing, but it’s one you may hear at a wine-tasting.
“Hens and chicks” is a phrase you might not think relates to grape growing, but it’s one you may hear at a wine-tasting.
Labels denote a unique time and sense of place, in this case announcing the 2013 vintage of Lucia wines from Garys’ Vineyard. You can find the Santa Lucia Highlands on a map, with Garys’ Vineyard slicing across part of its benchland. But you must open a bottle to discover the exceptional aspects of this site and the distinctive caring that have shaped these Pinot Noir and Syrah wines.
In California, a state famous for sunshine and beach weather, the pinot noir grape finds its preferred temperature envelope on the cool coast.