Paul Hobbs
Den bedste amerikanske vinproducent Paul Hobbs gjorde sit navn ved at skille sig fra en af verdens mest magtfulde vinfirmaer og ignorere råd fra hans vinproducerende professorer. Han fortæller Linda Murphy hvorfor
Det er meget fristende at kalde Paul Hobbs den amerikanske Michel Rolland.
Ligesom Bordeauxs galivantingskonsulent-vinproducent har Hobbs sine egne succesrige vinmærker (Paul Hobbs Wines i Californien og Viña Cobos i Argentina) og lever en betydelig levebrød som konsulent for nogle tre dusin vingårde i Californien, Argentina, Chile og Ungarn.
Hobbs citerer dog et par grundlæggende forskelle.
'Michels tilgang er mere laboratoriebaseret og blander rumfokuseret, mens min er fra bunden,' siger Hobbs på en solskinsdag i august i Sonomas russiske floddal, stedet for hans vingård og 5,6 ha (hektar) Lindsay Vineyard.
‘Jeg kom tilfældigt til rådgivning, men for Michel var det hans forretning. Rådgivning var ikke en prioritet, men jeg nød det og lærte så meget. '
Alligevel var det Hobbs's 10-årige konsultationsperiode i Argentina (han begyndte i 1989) for Nicolás Catena i Bodega Catena Zapata i Mendoza, der gjorde det muligt at skabe Paul Hobbs Wines.
Hobbs 'første betalte vinfremstillingsjob var på Robert Mondavi Winery i Oakville i 1978. Han arbejdede der indtil 1984 og havde en hånd i skabelsen af Opus One til partnerne Mondavi og baron Philippe de Rothschild.
I 1985 skiftede Hobbs til Simi Winery i Sonoma County's Alexander Valley, som assisterende vinproducent og steg til sidst til vicepræsident / vinproducent. Han forlod i 1989, da dets moderselskab, Louis Vuitton-Moët Hennessy, betragtede sit konsulentarbejde for Catena nær LVMHs Bodegas Chandon som liggende med fjenden.
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