The first time I met Lydia Tomek it was after she had just posted an emotional video about her friend, a Virgil mother of two daughters who died of breast cancer.

Tomek was the winemaker at Hernder Estates at the time and had just made a rosé called Audrey’s Blend 2011 in honour of Audrey Davies. “My friend Audrey loved wine but she really loved Chardonnay so I wanted to make a rosé with Chardonnay. I don’t care what people think — that’s Audrey,” Tomek said at the time.