We are bottling Naucratis as I write this, working under the roof of our friends at Wooden Valley Winery. Wooden Valley is the home of Naucratis—we have made it there with the unstinting assistance of Rick Lanza since 2006. They have magical equipment—including a horizontal screw press with beech wood slats that dates from the end of World War II—that somehow shapes Lost Slough Verdelho perfectly into the power and perfume of Naucratis.
And it is a wonderful place to work: calm, friendly, full of family, where everything moves at a graceful pace.