A Conversation with Lucie Morton
[On February 22, 2024, Kim and I had lunch with Lucie Morton during the 2024 Virginia Vineyards Association Winter Technical Meeting at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville. Lucie is an internationally recognized viticulturist and ampelographer, winner of the Virginia Wineries Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2018), the first woman to graduate from the Montpellier viticulture program (1974)*, author of seminal books on grapes and vine management¡ Lucie has lent her expertise to many new wineries and vineyards over the years, throughout Virginia and the United States. I did not electronically record the conversation. This post is a paraphrase of the conversation using my notes of the visit. I have tried as much as possible to be faithful to what was said and the tone in which it was conveyed. We are thankful to Lucie for her time and candor.] Q. Others have written extensively about your contributions to the Virginia wine industry and to grape science in general, so