Ep 441: Will Henry from Lumen Wines Asks -- Are Wild Vineyards the Way of the Future?

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href= "https://www.lumenwines.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Lumen</a> is farming this vineyard gone wild and it's making the best Pinot Noir there is...</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span> <a href= "https://www.lumenwines.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/wildking.png" alt="" width="400" height="297" /><em><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Photo: The Wild King Vineyard, Courtesy of Lumen</span></em></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style= "font-size: 12pt;">Be forewarned! This is a pretty dorky and technical show. Some of you say you would like to hear what wine people talk about when we’re together: here it is!</span></em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Will Henry, co-proprietor at <a href="https://www.lumenwines.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Lumen Wines</a> in the cool climate AVAs of Santa Barbara, returns to the show (he was on <a href= "https://winefornormalpeople.libsyn.com/webpage/ep-259-will-henry-of-lumen-wines-talks-about-santa-barbara-surfing-and-wine"> Ep 259)</a> to tell us a story about a vineyard he happened upon that is changing his ideas about how viticulture should be approached in California.</span>  </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://www.lumenwines.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/Lumen-Wines-staff.jpeg" alt="" width="400" height="480" /></strong></span><span style= "font-size: 8pt;">Photo: Will Henry and Lane Tanner (not married, BTW, just business partners!)<br /> Courtesy of Lumen</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Will had recently purchased the Warner Henry Vineyard (named after his late father who founded the Henry Wine Group,