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Ask the Wine Witch Who Tells the Truth As She Sees It
Dear Wine Witch: I visited Napa this summer for the first time and was surprised by the afternoon breezes and cool nights. One day it was…
7 min
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Rosa d’Oro Vineyards – California Winery of the Month October 2010
When Pietro Buttitta met his wife nine years ago and was thinking about the rest of his life, he told her that he had this weird…
11 min
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Raina, Tenuta San Rocco, Sassotondo & Quacquarini – Italian Wineries October 2010
Youthful owner of Raina, Andrea Mattioli works with what he has always loved, agriculture and particularly viticulture after his degree from the Istituto Tecnico Agario di…
9 min
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White Granite Dreams
Visualize a white granite world beyond the tree line at 9000 feet above sea level, a world carved by glaciers, pushing, clawing through the materials over…
7 min
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Three Wine Company – California Winery of the Month September 2010
The term “old vines” on a wine label strikes an important note although not a precise one. Are these the vines that covered the castle when…
14 min
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Castello di Neive & Stefano Farina – Italian Wineries September 2010
Castello di Neive, located in Piemonte at Neive is know especially for its Barbaresco wines and is one of the driving forces in the appellation, especially…
7 min
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Go Ahead, Chill a Red Wine
Some of the first information that we learn about wine is that we serve whites chilled and reds at room temperature. Later we learn the reasons.…
6 min
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Monticello Vineyards – California Winery of the Month August 2010
If short term thinking and profits dominated business behavior in the last decade, the Corley family was immune to the message, even from its own Napa…
19 min
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Brigaldara, H. Lun, Untermoserhof & Prá – Italian Wineries August 2010
Located in the Veneto region, the 37-acre Brigaldara estate commands a hill near San Floriano, overlooking the Marano Valley. The vineyards are planted on terraces between…
7 min
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Bordeaux, My Father’s Wine
The wine business worries about its market like any other business. Fifteen years ago, it was concerned about who would replace the Baby Boomers, that enormous…
6 min