When "minimal intervention" becomes an end in itself.

Rule #1 for winemaker: make wine that is pleasurable to drink.

Any one of a million.

"Sustainability and low prices."

Note how the ground crew keep one hand on the leading edge....

Well, I suppose if they screw their faces like they just tucked a lemon l, they could be right.

Start by weaing a hat.

As is local smoke taint.

The old argument. Wine is good because the vines are old etc. A great site produces good fruit year in, year out but that doesn't mean it's always great, rather than consistently good. I've seen plenty of clapped out old vineyards that well, never made the grade. Darwin abides!

He made a bundle!

Wolf Blass "Wolf Blass wines are known for their quality, consistency, and character. The winery's founder, Wolfgang Blass, established the motto "quality, character, consistency". The winery's winemakers strive to deliver great value for money across their entire portfolio."

Worth a read
www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

Indeed, however our Murdoch press....

Same playbook with the recent bushfires in Australia - blame everyone, arson etc, not climate change.

They used to keep "marker wines" in the stacks- the base wine of the tirage but they were invariably rooted.

Still going, just enough pressure (gas)to keep it balanced at 30g/l sugar. Very soft and mature, as in not "still got some fruit".