The Winemaker's Winter — BigSkyChef.org Original — BigSkyChef Lifestyle

Can you make great wine in Montana? The Winemaker's Winter is a BigSkyChef.org Original — part of the Culinary Journey series on Intermediate skills, Inspiration, and Culinary Professions. The episode follows a winemaker in the Flathead Valley through a full winter season: the pruning, the waiting, the cold that kills vines that would thrive anywhere else. The answer to the question is complicated. Some of the wines failed spectacularly. One vintage — a cold-climate red grown on a south-facing slope above the valley floor — made a hard man humble. This is a story about stubbornness and terroir. About the difference between what a place should be able to produce and what it actually can. About the particular kind of pride that comes from making something beautiful in a place that told you it was impossible. BigSkyChef.org. From the Career Menu Collections of Culinary Specialist Thomas M. Miller. Flathead Valley, Montana.