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For Grapevine Pests, The Globe Is a Village
The newest critter to haunt California grape growers is the European grapevine moth, which is threatening growers to the point that the California Department of Food…
7 min
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Philo Ridge Vineyards – California Winery of the Month June 2010
Self-described “refugees from Silicon Valley,” husband and wife Fred Buonanno and Heather McKelvey lived in San Francisco, and both had careers in the tech industry. Fred…
11 min
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Cantele & Terre del Principe – Italian Wineries June 2010
Towards the end of the 1970s, Giovanni Batista Cantele and his wife Teresa Manara decided to transfer 30 years of experience in the wine world of…
9 min
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Mosby Winery & Vineyard – California Winery of the Month July 2010
Almost eighty years old and in the wine business for 40 of them, Bill Mosby has been the right man for the times. During his career,…
14 min
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Pietra Santa Winery – California Winery of the Month May 2010
A 455-acre wine estate, Pietra Santa is 1200 feet above sea level on the eastern side of the Gabilan mountain range, which runs the length of…
13 min
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Fattoria Poggiopiano, Fornacina & Casa alle Vacche – Italian Wineries May 2010
Poggiopiano is located in Toscana beyond Florence in the town of Pisignano. The winery is famous for its Rosso di Sera wine, which has been honored…
7 min
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Librandi, Morgante & Tasca d’Almerita – Italian Wineries April 2010
Librandi is located in Calabria in the small town of Cirò Marina on the splendid Ionian coast. Both the sea breezes and the cool nighttime air…
8 min
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De Tierra Vineyards – California Winery of the Month April 2010
Partners David Coventry and Tom Russell have long histories in Monterey County. Tom farms thousands of acres of row crops there and elsewhere along with his…
15 min
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Barberani Vallesanta, Friggiali, Icario & Bartali – Italian Wineries March 2010
Family run Barberani-Vallesanta is located in Umbria, a few miles from Orvieto in the hills, which overlook Lake Corbara along the Tiber River. These hills are…
8 min
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Shannon Ridge Vineyards & Winery – California Winery of the Month March 2010
When Sonoma County’s largest newspaper, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, recently ran a front page story that disparaged high unemployment and foreclosure rates in neighboring Lake…
12 min