Almost exactly three years ago, we were leaving the Napa Valley, with its cheeses and wines and olive oil stores (any specialty store with a single type of item for sale upset John greatly).
Found in a notebook from those days:
May 2004
An article from the St. Helena Star mentioned a vintner who said it was ‘more likely that he become an astronaut than a winemaker.’
“Improbable!” he exclaimed.
But when he found the Old Turnbull ‘ghost vineyard’ on the 65 acres he inherited from his father (a winemaker) he thought, ‘hey, I’m onto something here!’
Jack Silbert, curator