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Terredora di Paolo, Rocco del Principe & Cantele – Italian Wineries November 2014
Terredora di Paolo is located in Campania in the province of Avellino. The winery and vineyards for years had been owned by the Mastroberardino family but…
7 min
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C.G. Di Arie Vineyard & Winery – California Winery of the Month November 2014
In 2000, Chaim Gur-Arieh and his wife, the artist Elisheva Gur-Arieh, purchased a 209-acre estate, located between the south and middle forks of the Cosumnes River…
8 min
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Prosecco, The World’s Favorite Sparkler
In 2013, Italian Prosecco replaced French champagne as the world’s favorite sparkling wine, probably because it is less expensive and better at comparable prices. A $12…
2 min
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Light-Strike, Another Wine Spoiler
Have you ever tasted wine that smells and tastes like “cooked cabbage and wet dog”? If so, you might have attributed the spoilage to heat or…
3 min
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Owning a Vineyard Not a Requisite for Making Fine Wine
Back in the day when Ernest and Giulo Gallo ruled, they sent their minions to grape farmers all over California, buying various grape varieties for take-it…
3 min
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Castello d’Abolla & Donna Olimpia 1898 – Italian Wineries October 2014
Of the four estates that the Zonin family owns in Toscana, the magnificent Castello d’Albola property, 30 minutes from Sienna, was the first that the family…
5 min
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The Winery San Francisco – California Winery of the Month October 2014
Winery San Francisco is located on Treasure Island, a U.S. Navy base during World War II and now part of the City and County of San…
6 min
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Celebrating Café Life
It’s a Saturday in mid July around 12 noon. I’m sitting outside at a café. I’ve chosen an open-face sandwich on thick rye, piled with a…
3 min
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Villa Medoro, Contesa & Baldeschi-Balleani – Italian Wineries September 2014
Owned by the Della Loggia-Morricone family for three generations, the 100 hectare estate is located in the Teramane Hills of Abruzzo, overlooking the Adriatic Sea. In…
8 min
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Handley Cellars – California Winery of the Month September 2014
Two years of drought have created serious problems for California farmers. But the bears in Anderson Valley are not happy either. The food supply in their…
11 min