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Badia a Cultibuono, Casanova di Neri & Garfoli – Italian Wineries August 2014
Badia a Cultibuono or the Abbey of Good Harvest is located in Toscana and is at least a thousand years old, according to the Marchio Storico…
9 min
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Alder Springs Vineyard – California Winery of the Month August 2014
Twenty years ago, Stuart Bewley purchased a steep 6000 acre parcel in a remote area of Mendocino County near Laytonville. At the time, he could not…
14 min
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Do You Need a Coravin?
You may have heard about the Coravin, the latest gadget in the wine world that claims to preserve the remaining wine in a bottle after you’ve…
4 min
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Sardus Pater, Capichera & Alcesti – Italian Wineries July 2014
Sardus Pater or in English “Sardinian Father” refers to the ancient mythological hero-god of the Nuragic civilization from the Bronze age, 18th Century BCE to the…
9 min
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Pellegrini Wine Company – California Winery of the Month July 2014
Alexia Pellegrini is the fourth generation to work in a family wine business. But only recently has she been able to make a full commitment, in…
14 min
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The Purpose of Foil at the Top of a Wine Bottle
If you pay just minimal attention to the foil when opening a wine bottle, you could conclude that the covering is just decorative. If you looked…
2 min
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Sempre Vive – California Winery of the Month June 2014
Art is a familiar part of the wine business as anyone knows, who has perused bottle labels in a wine shop. But the art and wine…
10 min
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Tenuta Sant’Antonio & Alois Lageder – Italian Wineries June 2014
If you look at a map of Northeastern Italy, the Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige, and Friuli Venezia-Gulia form a geographical unit. But in Europe, where the definition…
11 min
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Down to Business
The Sale Until now, we have never had a sale, and this first was a great success. Duh… Why didn’t we think of it earlier? The…
3 min
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David Girard Vineyards – California Winery of the Month May 2014
Although David Girard is a practicing attorney, he is the dedicated owner of David Girard Vineyards with 85 acres outside of Placerville in El Dorado County.…
12 min