They made significant changes in vineyards and wineries, replanting varietals, reducing yields and improving wine-making technology.

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Yet, from the wrought iron door hardware to the centuries-old walls to the fine Rhine Wine, none of this technology was visible.

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Now, now: Wine has marched forward with technology since prehistoric Robert Mondavis began coating their clay jugs with resin as an antibacterial agent.

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While winemaking in Napa became increasingly reliant on high technology, Mr. Draper was essentially making wine the same way it had been made for centuries, with minimal additions of sulfur as a preservative and not much else.

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Sirtris had a technology platform involving resveratrol, believed to be the biologically active component of red wine.

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Mr. ADAM LECHMERE (Online Editor, Decanter.com): With the advances in technology, and with vineyard management techniques, it's not difficult to make good wine nowadays.

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