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MikesHomeMadeFoods.com
Long-time Celebrations member Mike Kalimon is an American patriot with a couple of Italian enthusiasms, wine and pasta. With an expansive, affectionate nature, a book of…
2 min
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Cascina Val del Prete, Cascina Ca’Rossa & Daniele Rici – Italian Wineries August 2012
Val del Prete, or in English Valley of the Priest, takes its name from the exiled Bishop of Asti, who lived in this part of the…
8 min
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Graziano Family of Wines – California Winery of the Month August 2012
Nobody needs Tarot cards when they know Greg Graziano. If you want to learn which wines you will love in ten years, just ask him. Listen…
15 min
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Contradi di Taurasi, Villa Dora Winery & La Sibilla – Italian Wineries July 2012
Located in the Campania region, the Lonardo family farms five hectares of vines with organic methods, particularly Alianico in Irpinia’s Taurasi zone. Vineyards are planted at…
6 min
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Rosa d’Oro Vineyards – California Winery of the Month July 2012
University viticulture and enology departments are churning out droves of graduates, who are well prepared with theory and expect to fill in the practice with on-the-job…
15 min
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The Noble Thirst for Good Wine
Is the economy improving? Some people read tea leaves, others palms or cards, and still others the stock market. Me? I check wine prices. Regardless of…
2 min
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Selvagrossa, Tenimenti Luigi d’Alessandro & Petimali Sassetti Livo – Italian Wineries June 2012
Located in the Marche region on the Pesaro hills facing the Adriatic Coast, brothers Alberto and Alessandro Taddei have developed the estate that their grandfather first…
6 min
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Bink Wines – California Winery of the Month June 2012
Created in 1999, Yorkville Highlands AVA (American Viticultural Area) is a relatively new appellation, located in southern Mendocino County between Alexander Valley and Anderson Valley. Daytime…
14 min
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The Best of Its Kind
Taking a walk one evening on a country road with a friend, we paused when he said, “Look at this flashlight.” I laughed because the intensity…
3 min
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Mauro Molino, Alfredo Bertolani & Monchiero Carbone – Italian Wineries May 2012
From as early as 1200 A.D., Nebbiolo grapes have been cultivated in the tiny hamlet of Annunziata, known in ancient times as Marcenasco, the earliest settlement…
8 min