I know of a peach jam recipe that calls for addition of some peach leaves in the boil; there are tomato preparations that gain urgency from the addition of a few leaves of that plant. Our Prim feels this way to me—both green and red, juicy and sappy, pleasing and yet yearning. I like the thought that we offer a countercultural rendition, stripped of wine-world ambitions and informed by this very different land.
2022 was rude to these grapes—there was both rot and raisining, from a startlingly large crop—and though everything leaves a mark, I really like what we managed to pull from the vintage.
Brian McCormick
