Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 64th episode of the simple sophisticated and as always we're talking

about how to live our best life how to curate the life we've imagined for ourselves. But today, today,

we are pairing this life curation with wine and vineyards, and as it is October and upcoming we will have

fall tasting and barrel releases for the holiday season I can't imagine a better time

to look at the similarities that these two entities have in common.

I'd like to begin with a quote by Ernest Hemingway.

Quote, wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the

most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers

a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing.

With that said, let's talk about wine and since I'm from Oregon, I'd like to talk about an Oregon wine.

Did you know that the first and arguably one of the most successful Oregon vineyards to make

Pinot Noir wines almost never did?

Irie Vineyards, which is nestled in the red hills of Dundee, approximately 30 miles southwest of Portland, was founded in 1966 by David and Diana Lett.

And it was on their honeymoon that the vines which still produce

their award-winning grapes turned wine were planted.

Listening to a 2008 interview on the splendid table recently, David and his son shared their stories and successes.

And as I was listening, I began to realize that so much of what is beloved about wine and vineyards

is very much an analogy for living a fulfilling life.

And so today's episode came to be.

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