Meet Washington’s ‘rock ’n’ roll winemaker’

The wine business has always been hospitable to iconoclasts and idiosyncratic types – it allows for a healthy amount of personal expression, and a certain non-corporate flair – and American producer Charles Smith certainly fits that mould to a T. With his wild explosion of long, frizzy hair and frequently salty language, not to mention his unbridled enthusiasm for grapes, Smith stands out in a crowd – and so do his wines.