Fascinating read: she has synesthesia, so she sees flavors as colors:
Maggie Harrison’s War on Wine
NYT free link: Maggie Harrison’s War on Wine
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this was a nice profile of a fascinating wine maker. i’ve been on the waitlist over a year in the hopes of trying her wines one day.
Her wines are better than the article!
If you are seriously interested in ‘inormed wine discussion’ on the topic, visit
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/magazine/maggie-harrison-wine-antica-terra.html Fascinating. Not a new name to me, but more info and background.
Reading time: 30 mins 🕑
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She reminds me of the late Sean Thackrey, eccentric winemaker in Bolinas, CA.
Sean Haley Thackrey (July 9, 1942 – May 30, 2022) was an American winemaker based in the town of Bolinas in Marin County, California. Prior to winemaking, he was a director of an art gallery. Thackrey has been described as having been an unconventional winemaker who did pioneering work in promoting California Syrah.
Thackrey was born in Los Angeles on July 9, 1942. His father, Eugene, worked as a journalist and playwright; his mother, Winfrid “Kay” Knudtson, was employed as a script supervi...
