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Cascina Bruciata, Filippo Gallino & Frecciarossa – Italian Wineries March 2013
Cascina Bruciata literally means “burnt farm” and is so named for an arson that took place in the 1800s. In the comune of Barbaresco in Piemonte,…
8 min
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Death of the Dinner Party
The New York Times recently published an article about the death of the dinner party, Guy Trebay’s Guess Who Isn’t Coming to Dinner. But it was…
3 min
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Schug Carneros Estate Winery – California Winery of the Month February 2013
The Managing Partner for Schug Winery Carneros Estate, Axel Schug made the casual remark, “What is old is new again.” He was describing the stylistic change…
16 min
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Terredora de Paolo & Cantele – Italian Wineries February 2013
Terredora Dipaolo is located in Campania in the province of Avellino near Montefusco. The winery and vineyards for years had been owned by the Mastroberardino family…
10 min
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Prosecco: The Other Bubbly
The increasing popularity of Italian Prosecco among Americans dazzles just like its bubbles. It is everywhere at various prices, mostly inexpensive. Between 2007 and 2009, case…
3 min
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New Year & New Business
For a long time, fine white wine has been at the bottom of the list for most people. Devoted red drinkers probably wouldn’t refuse if a…
3 min
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The Winery San Francisco – California Winery of the Month January 2013
Wealthy people with no particular connection to wine, except that they like drinking it, have been jumping into the California wine business for decades, mostly because…
20 min
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Argiano, Bruni & Colle dei Bardellini – Italian Wineries January 2013
Located in Toscana on the summit of a hill southwest of Montalcino, magnificent Villa Argiano was built by the noble Pecci family from Siena in 1581.…
7 min
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Brigaldara, Monte Faustino & Sant’Elena – Italian Wineries December 2012
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…
9 min
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Philo Ridge Vineyards – California Winery of the Month December 2012
Warm, gregarious, energetic, and smart, Fred Buonanno was the kind of guy that Mendocino County needed when he and wife Heather McKelvey bought their property in…
14 min