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APRIL/MAY 2018 VOL. 5 NO. 2 THE SOMM JOURNAL COVER STORY 56 FROM CARIÑENA TO THE WORLD A Far-Reaching View of Garnacha FIRST PRESS 4 SPIRITED GRAPES Jean-Charles Boisset Introduces a New Line of Vodkas and Gin Made from Burgundy Wine SPECIAL REPORT 92 TASTES, TRENDS, AND TECHNIQUES The SOMM Journal Investigates the Spirited Side of the Industry FEATURES 43 A SLALOM TOWARD SUCCESS Charles Bieler's Path to Bieler Pére et Fils 60 COUP D'ESTATE The Winemaking Team at Scheid Vineyards Experiments to Optimize the Monterey Terroir of Metz Road's Riverview Vineyard 64 USHERING IN THE YEAR OF ASZÚ Celebrating the Historic Elixir of Tokaj at the Embassy of Hungary in Washington, D.C. 68 LET'S TALK STORY! A Recount of the Very First Wine Speak Paso Robles 74 IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY Exploring the Single-Vineyard Wines of Wente Family Estates 74 Fifth-generation winemaker Karl Wente hams it up in the Charles Wetmore vineyard. 10 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } APRIL/MAY 2018 PHOTO: JOHN CURLEY