With the right combination of daytime heat and a smattering of light rain at night to cool the soil, they stand a chance of creating a standout vintage.
As wine producers, the family is at the mercy of nature but every now and then the right amount of sun, rain, warm days and cool nights will work to produce the perfect grape.
The rain falling lustily was complemented by the cool breeze caused by mullets flapping as every closet air guitarist in Christendom crowded the front row for the appearance of Gary Moore .
Wine character fluctuates with each vintage dependent on how cool or how warm it got, the amount of rain in the spring and fall, the wind and even the bird population.