... , there would be no wine were it not for the "...farmer and artist, drudge and dreamer, hedonist and scientist, alchemist and accountant - the wine maker, who is all these things, and has been since before the Middle Ages" (Johnson 7). The primary concerns of the Renaissance winemaker were the understanding and appreciation of that which his product came: grapes; the method of blending art and science to produce two ... infallible processes: the vine growing process and the wine making process; and the awareness of the history of his ... ...

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