No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and purest expression of that vineyard, of the grape varietal or blend, and of the vintage.

These are the people who do studies that your carry-out Chinese meals are saturated in fat. I'd just like to meet them! I mean, what do they do for pleasure?

My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.

Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing.

The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy.