Assistant Winemakers Do All the Hard Work
/Here's a good read from The Wall Street Journal's Lettie Teague about the life of assistant winemakers - those hardworking folks who start with all the grunt jobs and work their way up to their own winemaker gigs and labels. Although it's set in the Napa Valley, many of our favorite wines in Oregon and Washington are from men and women who started as cellar rats or assistants and after years of effort, broke on out.