Ken sent me an e-mail from Brian&Stephy/Gioranata that announces the end of an era in Paso.
Jon & Jody Ahner have sold their LunaMattaVnyd up in the AdelaidaHills (4.5 Mill$) and the last crop from
this vnyd will be the 2021. The Daou'ss, who bought, will be going in there & ripping the vnyd to plant more Cab/Merlot
for their program. A crying shame.
The LunaMattaVnyd was planted to a lot of interesting, mostly Italian, stuff. Stephy was their vnyd manager & tended the vnyd w/ a lot of care.
This will probably impact Gioranata more than any other wnry. But also impacts Broc and Ryme and VillaCreek as well. There have been some outstanding
Nebbiolos & Aglianicos from LunaMatta. Some outstanding Mourvedres as well.
Now it will become just another industrial Paso farm for Daou and yet another Paso Cab program.
So much for diversity.
Tom