(NYTimes) - It turns out that it’s not only chefs who are using music for inspiration: Whether it’s the polka beat of Mexican folk or the indie rock of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, tunes are also employed by winemakers in creating their latest vintages. A few of them wrote about the connection in response to my e-mailed questions. One such musician-winemaker is Jeff Smith, who built Hourglass Vineyard into one of the most renowned Bordeaux varietal vineyards in the Napa Valley. Mr. Smith achieved relative indie rock fame as a founding member of San Francisco’s Noonday Underground from 1982 to 1990; when his dad died, he turned his focus to saving the family property.