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Winery of the year 2018
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purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
Winery of the year | 2018<br />
big table farm<br />
Brian Marcy & Clare Carver<br />
Each December I have a chance to reflect on my experience with<br />
thousands of wines during the year and the people who create them. A list<br />
of the top 100, 50 or 20 would be possible but in the end what does it<br />
really mean? I would spend a lot of time compiling a list where<br />
determining the Number 1 wine is arbitrary at best and that is all anyone<br />
cares about. There is enough of that already.<br />
I choose one winery because my recognition needs to represent more than<br />
just who made the top scoring wine (or the 15 th ), and it is much easier for<br />
people to remember a single winery. I selected big table farm for a couple<br />
reasons. First, it was time to recognize a producer in the Willamette<br />
Valley, then there is also the concept of authenticity and quality going<br />
hand in hand. Where there is one, usually also the other.<br />
Big table farm is that, a farm with a big table as much as it is a winery.<br />
Brian makes the wine and Clare tends to the animals and the garden as<br />
well as designs the labels that are imaginative pen and ink renderings of<br />
the cycle of life on the farm that barely hint at her skilled work in oil<br />
painting. Combining two passions is obviously very much important to<br />
what I do and for Brian and Clare it is no different. The devotion to<br />
making wines of beautiful purity and finesse balanced with a reverence for<br />
design, craft and art.<br />
Studio 1529 spent a morning in October with Brian and Clare at their<br />
home and winery shooting images. I hope that you enjoy the effort I<br />
include here. Special thanks to my friend Ian Burrows for fetching gear,<br />
managing the lights and crushing umbrellas. Reviews of the 2016 vintage<br />
will appear in volume 7.3 shortly.<br />
doug wilder | purely domestic wine report + studio 1529<br />
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
About purely domestic wine report<br />
Following a two-decade career purchasing and writing about wines for some of the most influential retailers<br />
in the U.S., I launched purely domestic wine report in 2011 to fill a missing piece in the world of wine<br />
opinion. No other publication covers the wines of California, Oregon and Washington exclusively. It issues<br />
four reports annually and is available in digital and 1200 dpi art-catalog-quality print version. It is<br />
independently owned, free of advertising and available by subscription. More information is available at<br />
www.pdwr.co<br />
About studio 1529<br />
As the publication grew and evolved, there was a need to add high-quality imagery. In Fall 2018, studio<br />
1529 was created to provide professional level imagery services embedded to purely domestic wine report,<br />
and also other interested individuals and producers of wine. More information and a client portfolio may be<br />
found at www.studio1529.com<br />
Both are owned by Doug Wilder of San Francisco, and Sonoma Valley<br />
purely domestic wine report | winery of the year 2018
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