"My family hasn't sat under the same oak tree for the last 500 years, " he said.

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Of course, oak or its absence alone doesn't make a wine good.

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Mr. Moreland said something about hand blending, heritage molasses, oak casks, or something like that, but I wasn't really following.

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Some wineries more or less successfully give Pinot Gris oak treatment, but it works best as a light touch, an accent that doesn't bury the wine's fruit character.

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