A Winemaker Talks about America
by Joseph Mills
With this machine, you can filter a wine
so much you can take the color right out,
and that’s what some people want.
Something that looks clear and clean,
no sediment or tartrates or taste.
It goes with the mania for single varietals
and the prejudice against blends.
Those age-old delusions and fantasies
of purity. Sure, you need to be careful
pruning and pressing. But this machine?
It’s the most dangerous one we have.
A faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joseph Mills holds an endowed chair, the Susan Burress Wall Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities. He has published five collections of poetry with Press 53, including one on wine called Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers. More information about his work is available at www.josephrobertmills.com and he blogs somewhat regularly at www.josephrobertmills.blogspot.com.
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