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Michele Alois & Mastroberardino – Italian Wineries April 2013
The Alois family is one of the world’s most famous makers of fabrics, with their silk adorning the walls of the Louvre and the White House.…
9 min
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Sempre Vive – California Winery of the Month March 2013
A prevalent stereotype of the Italian would be fun-loving, gregarious, earthy sense of humor, high energy, elegant dresser, in other words like Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former…
15 min
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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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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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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
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Castello di Volpaia & Poggiotondo – Italian Wineries November 2012
Located on one of the highest hilltops in the Chianti Classico region, Volpaia is a walled village built in the 11th Century on the Florence-Siena border.…
7 min