Wollombi Weekend

I wonder about a winery that has trademarked "In Moderatione Vinum" (Wine In Moderation), as Millbrook Estate has.

What message is that, because I think it could go both ways? The first, and more obvious one, espousing the same tenet of my model of fit and healthy (and source of huge admiration from me) almost 93 year old father. That is,

"Everything in moderation"

(Dad's other catchphrase is "Nothing a day on the beach wouldn't fix". We do joke and murmur along the lines of "except skin cancer", but to be honest, I think his two simple ideals, and the positivity that goes along with them, are the reason why he can still go and play a round of golf, or dive into the waves for a bit of body surfing at such an age)

But I digress.

Does Millbrook Estate want us to take it easy on the wine, and as a consequence perhaps do themselves out of some business?

Or is it the more cryptic – wine that has been dealt with moderately? Somehow like the slow food movement? Easy does it, with all the pruning, harvesting, and winemaking done by hand.

Who knows.

I do know their small production produces some unique flavours.