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Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

Sante

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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Day 766 Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

The Wine Knitter

Working together, Italo and Sergio replanted the vineyards and restored the farmstead. The vineyards have an excellent southern exposure at 985-623 feet above sea level and the mild Mediterranean climate contributes to maintaining the balance of the grapes acidity, sugar and aromas. They are library wines that still make a statement.

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German Rieslings - Exploring Mosel

The Wine Knitter

With thirteen wine regions and over 102,000 hectares of vineyards, Germany boasts the world’s largest vineyard area of 23,000 hectares dedicated to Riesling! More than half of all the vineyard areas in the Mosel, Rheingau, and Mittelrhein are planted with Riesling. VDP is not part of the official German wine law.

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Embracing Autumn

The Wine Knitter

His dream was to have a family-owned winery, so in 2005 he began making wines under the label ‘Joseph Carr.” ” In 2007 Carr launched Josh Cellars as a tribute to his dad, Josh, who inspired and influenced the man Carr is today. Christopher, eventually purchasing 40 acres and planting the Appassionata Vineyard.

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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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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

Modern Restaurant Management

Gunderson has been a member of the HALL winemaking team since 2005, and head winemaker for award winning WALT Wines since 2010. I am also excited to continue to work with Director of Vineyards, Don Munk, Senior Winemaker Alison Frichtl Hollister, and all of the very talented, hard-working members of our winemaking team.”

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A Fool’s Choice

EATER

In this excerpt, Donovan recounts the career influence of another woman: Nashville chef and restaurant owner Margot McCormack. I wandered into that restaurant in 2005, a few months after my daughter Maggie Donovan turned one and when the restaurant itself was just four years old — which is a strange thing to realize in retrospect.

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