REALM CELLARS’ SCOTT BECKER AND BENOIT TOUQUETTE ON NAPA’S 2019 VINTAGE

James sat down in person in Napa with Scott Becker, the owner of Realm Cellars, and Benoit Touquette, the winemaker, to find out their thoughts on the 2019 vintage in Napa Valley. It was James' first sit-down Zoom interview in two years, after he landed in the United States last week from Hong Kong.

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