in Free for all Huon Hooke C.P. Lin was a blind, Taiwanese-born, gifted winemaker who was one of the most extraordinary people I have met in my 46 years in wine. I was privileged to have met him and called him friend, and was saddened to hear he had died recently at the age of just 54 years. Answering to just C.P. (his Taiwanese name was a bit complicated for most round-eyes), he made his name as a winemaker with a 16-year career at Mountford in New Zealand's Waipara region.