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Sassotondo, Fattoria le Fonti & Ciu Ciu – Italian Wineries January 2012
Located in Toscana in the Maremma zone, Sassotondo is an organically farmed 72- hectare estate between the Etruscan townships of Sorano and Pitigliano. The area is…
6 min
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Tulocay Winery – California Winery of the Month January 2012
Bill Cadman has raised a glass with some of the giants of Napa Valley like Joseph Heitz and Robert Mondavi, both of whom were his employers…
13 min
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Scarbolo, Marjan Simcic & Buglioni – Italian Wineries December 2011
Located in Friuli, Scarbolo is outside of Gorizia in the area called Spessa, which has a long tradition of winegrape cultivation, where vineyards cover the hillsides…
8 min
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Hannah Nicole Vineyards – California Winery of the Month December 2011
Neil Cohn is yet another accidental winemaker, who says that he had been looking for a second occupation that would augment his main activity as an…
13 min
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Rocca di Frassinello, Fattoria del Cerro & Azienda Paolo Bruni – Italian Wineries November 2011
Except for Bolgheri in the north and Morellino di Scansano in the south, the Maremma region, stretching along Toscana’s coast line, was in large part wild…
7 min
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Expression Wines – California Winery of the Month November 2011
Over the last 30 years, Bill Hill has developed more vineyards than probably anyone else in the United States. In over 40 locations from the state…
13 min
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New White Wine Makes a Splash
These days, whenever I ask winemakers what’s new, the answer is always the same whether they reside in California or Italy. Without hesitation, they answer “white…
3 min
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Nicolis, La Montecchia dei Conti Emo Capodilista & Nardello – Italian Wineries October 2011
Nicolis is located in Veneto in the historic Valpolicella area, whose four distinctive valleys extend to the northwest of Verona. The warm breezes from Lago di…
8 min
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Fenestra Winery – California Winery of the Month October 2011
Livermore is located in Alameda County on the eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area and is an interesting mix of high tech, agriculture, and…
9 min
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Disclosing the Ingredients in Wine
The most often repeated sentence among winemakers is “Wine is made in the vineyard,” or stated differently, “You can’t make good wine without good fruit.” The…
4 min