Ep. 024, Austin Hope, Winemaker, Hope Family Wines

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Austin Hope was destined for the vineyard since he was in the fourth grade. Preferring to work in the dusty vineyard under the blazing sun of the Paso Robles summer, handed out by his father as punishment for poor behavior to school work, Hope began his career in wine from an early age. Today, Austin handles the wine making for the numerous labels of the Hope Family Wines portfolio. He approaches wine making with a sensibility and understanding of balance like only a select few winemakers of his generation do. It's this understanding that makes his Treana Blanc, a white Rhone blend, one of the most intriguing wines I've tasted this year.