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Celebrations Wine Club Post – April 2015
Located in the Veneto region, the 123-acre Brigaldara estate commands a hill near San Floriano, overlooking the Marano Valley. The vineyards are planted on terraces between…
12 min
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Learning to Love Arsenic
The latest issue to roil the wine industry and consumers alike was recently aired on CBS News and involves the arsenic content in cheap wines. Briefly,…
3 min
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Celebrations Wine Club Post – March 2015
In 1960, a partnership of local growers established a winery in the medieval town of Santadi, located at the southwestern tip of Sardegna between the Porto…
11 min
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Sleeping Cork Giant Awakens
In the 1990s, 95 percent of wine bottles were sealed with natural cork. Today, that number is down by a third. Screw caps and plastic corks…
2 min
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Celebrations Wine Club Post – February 2015
Just outside the Town of Barolo in Piemonte next to the famous Cannubi vineyard lies the historic cantina of Francesco Rinaldi & Figli. Luciano Rinaldiand now…
12 min
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D’Argenzio Winery – California Winery of the Month January 2015
From silversmiths in Italy for untold generations to cabinet makers in California and then winemakers, D’Argenzio family members have been working together for four generations here…
6 min
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Red Wine for Your Valentine
According to one source, half the people who become engaged in a given year, do so on Valentine’s Day. And the substantial gift-giving that occurs on…
2 min
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Ca’Viola, Pecchenino & Araldica – Italian Wineries December 2014
Beppe Caviola is one of Italy’s greatest winemakers and consults widely throughout the Peninsula. Wine guide Gambero Rosso describes Beppe Caviola’s winemaking as “deftly highlighting vine…
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Robledo Family Winery – California Winery of the Month December 2014
Reynaldo Robledo founded Robledo Family Winery in 1997. The winery is located in the famous cool-climate Carneros appellation, which straddles the county line between Napa and…
6 min
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Champagne Glasses: Out With the Old, In With the New
So all those champagne flutes lined up on the shelf that you enjoy filling when an occasion arises? They’re gone like yesteryears’ waist-high jeans. Are they…
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