Why French winemakers never reply to emails

Did you ever wonder why French winemakers never reply to your email? Hannah has the answer, explained from the winemaker's point of view.

  When a friend texted to complain it was hard to make appointments to visit French winemakers, I didn’t think before replying “Ha. Try buying grapes from them.” I commiserate, it is hard. But let’s try to understand it from their point of view. Imagine you have decided to become a winemaker. Perhaps it’s because you were an alcoholic. Maybe you weren’t, but you are now. Perhaps it’s because you love cleaning, plants or you’re a sucker for performing repetitive tasks outdoors. Maybe the story involves the Czech army and how you defected from it. Maybe the prospect of taking over the family domaine didn’t initially seem complicated. Perhaps like me, you fell into it by accident. But I bet at no point did you decide to make wine because you wanted to spend all your time drinking with random people in your kitchen.

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