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Erik: What questions should one consider before applying to viticulture school?
Hattie: Do you ever want to make money? If you do, don’t apply. Do you want to be a
farmer? If not, don’t apply. You know its like everyone has this romanticized idea about
wine, but actually being a winemaker or having a wine farm its… there are lovely aspects
if you go to any wine farm you will probably have to most romantic wonderful day of your
life drinking wine in the vineyards. I mean who doesn’t love wine? People have this
romanticized idea about wine, and I love wine but viticulture at heart you’re basically
a glorified farmer as well as a scientist, because making wine is a bit of a science
and its very, very, very, very difficult to make money in the industry especially even
if you have your own vineyard or you have your own label or you’re a wine maker. So
its something that you do for the love of it, its got to be something you are passionate
and you love.