Paul Hobbs
Den beste amerikanske vinprodusenten Paul Hobbs gjorde seg kjent ved å skille seg fra en av verdens mektigste vinbedrifter og ignorere råd fra hans vinprofessorer. Han forteller Linda Murphy hvorfor
Det er veldig fristende å kalle Paul Hobbs den amerikanske Michel Rolland.
I likhet med Bordeauxs galivanting-konsulent vinprodusent, har Hobbs sine egne vellykkede vinmerker (Paul Hobbs Wines i California og Viña Cobos i Argentina) og tjener en betydelig levebrød som konsulent for noen tre dusin vinprodusenter i California, Argentina, Chile og Ungarn.
Hobbs siterer imidlertid et par grunnleggende forskjeller.
‘Michels tilnærming er mer laboratoriebasert og blander romfokusert, mens min er fra grunnen av,’ sier Hobbs på en solrik augustdag i Sonomas russiske elvedal, stedet for vingården og 5,6 ha (hektar) Lindsay Vineyard.
‘Jeg kom til rådgivning ved en tilfeldighet, men for Michel var det hans sak. Rådgivning var ikke en prioritet, men jeg likte det og lærte så mye. '
Likevel var det Hobbs '10-årige konsultasjonsperiode i Argentina (han begynte i 1989) for Nicolás Catena ved Bodega Catena Zapata i Mendoza, som muliggjorde etableringen av Paul Hobbs Wines.
Hobbs 'første betalte vinproduksjonsjobb var på Robert Mondavi Winery i Oakville, i 1978. Arbeidet der til 1984 hadde han en hånd i etableringen av Opus One for partnerne Mondavi og baron Philippe de Rothschild.
I 1985 flyttet Hobbs til Simi Winery i Sonoma County's Alexander Valley, som assisterende vinprodusent, og til slutt steg han til visepresident / vinprodusent. Han dro i 1989 da morselskapet, Louis Vuitton-Moët Hennessy, så på sitt konsulentarbeid for Catena, nær LVMHs Bodegas Chandon, som å ligge med fienden.
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