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The application window for The Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships has now closed.
42 wine students from 23 different nationalities applied for the Scholarship programme, including students originating from Colombia, French Polynesia, Georgia, Iran, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Peru, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago and Zimbabwe. 29% of the applicants identified themselves as black and 71% as ethnic minorities (including indigenous peoples). 62% were female candidates. 67% of the students indicated an interest in applying for both the MW and the MS programmes, whereas 24% specified an interest in applying only for the MW programme and 2% in applying only for the MS programme. The average age of the applicants is 36 years of age. With a 1 in 21 (less than 5%) chance of being awarded a Diversity Scholarship, the competition is expected to be immense.
Rebuilding Napa s Burgess Cellars from the Ground Up
Winemaker Meghan Zobeck has her hands full with this historic Howell Mountain Cabernet vineyard as the property recovers from the 2020 wildfires Meghan Zobeck is converting Burgess s vineyards to a regenerative farming system. (Matt Morris) By Mar 17, 2021
While Accendo s Araujo family reboots the ethos and look of its J.H. Wheeler label and bolsters its Trois Noix lineup, former Trois Noix winemaker Meghan Zobeck is rebooting Burgess Cellars from the ground up.
Zobeck, 39, signed on for the Burgess project when the historic Napa Valley property was purchased by Heitz Cellars last year just a few short weeks before the 19th century cellar fell victim to the Glass fire.
For decades two of the Napa Valleyâs most endearing people were the late Belle and Barney Rhodes, who planted Marthaâs Vineyard with Cabernet and who hosted dozens of visitors long before the valley made world-class wine.
In the early 1980s, Belle told me a charming tale about one of the valleyâs early successes â a white wine called Green Hungarian. It was made by Souverain in Rutherford (later renamed Burgess Cellars) by pioneering winemaker Lee Stewart.
It was an unlikely success since the obscure grape Green Hungarian is rather ordinary. The wine was pale, sweet, and lacked distinction.