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Col D’Orcia, A Name To Remember

The Wine Knitter

Gently rolling hills dominate the landscape of Tuscany, famous for its medieval towns, wine vineyards, striking cathedrals, and the birthplace of renowned artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci. The village of Montalcino sits high up on a hill with vineyards sloping down into the valley.

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Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

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Working together, Italo and Sergio replanted the vineyards and restored the farmstead. I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Sergio a few months ago at a winemaker luncheon for a vertical tasting of six Rocca delle Macie’s historic cru wines made exclusively with grapes grown in their Fizzano estate vineyard.

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Tasting Wines With Count Cinzano

The Wine Knitter

Gently rolling hills dominate the landscape of Tuscany, famous for its medieval towns, wine vineyards, striking cathedrals, and the birthplace of renowned artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci. The village of Montalcino sits high up on a hill with vineyards sloping down into the valley.

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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

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opened Woburn Winery, the first American, Black-owned vineyard and winery, in Virginia. His passion for wine grew from serving it to selecting grapes from Oregon vineyards and learning the art of winemaking to produce wine for top New York restaurants.??. single vineyards. McBride Sisters Robin and Andrea in the vineyard.

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Sisters Dream Big and Honor Late Mother With Breathless Wines

Sante

She was awarded Winemaker of The Year in 2013, just one of many awards in her 35 years of winemaking. Breathless Wines works with select vineyards throughout the North Coast of Sonoma County and Mendocino County. Their focus is on sustainability and finding the best grape clones within these choice vineyards. Breathless Brut NV.

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A Celebration Of Women In Wine

The Wine Knitter

Aslina Sauvignon Blanc 2021 The grapes for this 100% Sauvignon blanc are sourced from the Stellenbosch region of South Africa and sustainably farmed. And indeed, Bruno Giacosa Barolo and Barbaresco wines remain legendary, with each vineyard site producing unique and eloquent wines. It is the southernmost, coolest.

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A Brief Guide to Buying Champagne

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By contrast, the bigger Champagne houses might source the fruit for the wines from dozens, or even hundreds of individual growers across the Champagne region, blending them together under the careful guidance of a chef de cave , a term that denotes the head winemaker and cellarmaster in charge of the whole operation. LVMH sells 1.5