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Celebrating Women In Wine

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One of Laura’s many passions is to learn more about high altitude viticulture, the vineyard soil microbiome and wine ageability. Grapes are selected and hand-harvested from the best blocks of the high altitude vineyards of Mendoza. This wine is a blend of 74% Malbec and 26% Cabernet Sauvignon. Photo credit: Penny Weiss.

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“Family, History & Heritage” - Domaine des Graves d’Ardonneau

The Wine Knitter

.” In addition to export management, traveling, and arranging wine tastings, she works in the vineyards, helps her older brother in the cellar, and even drives the forklift. She also divulged that she studied opera and International Business before returning to the Domaine in 2008. The valley has well-drained sandy soils.

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Stone Castle - A Story Of Love And Determination

The Wine Knitter

So, with enthusiasm and determination, Rrustem returned to Kosovo with the Gecaj family and purchased the NBI Rahoveci winery renaming it Stone Castle Vineyards and Winery. In 2008, Kosovo was recognized as an independent state. Before the war, Kosovo had over 9000 hectares of vineyards with over a 2000 year history of winemaking.

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Celebrating Women In Wine

The Wine Knitter

One of Laura’s many passions is to learn more about high altitude viticulture, the vineyard soil microbiome and wine ageability. Grapes are selected and hand-harvested from the best blocks of the high altitude vineyards of Mendoza. The Malbec softens the Cabernet Sauvignon, which is a little bitter. dry Riesling.

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2022 Anteprime Toscana

A Wine Story

My dad and uncle Fili worked in the vineyards on weekends, and I helped out as a kid. And no doubt, some remain buried deep in the earth, perhaps near the Tenuta di Artimino vineyards itself. Vineyards are planted at a higher altitude, resulting in more acidity. How did the professor get there? “It

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Traveling Back To Alentejo

The Wine Knitter

They have over 450 hectares of vineyards with 194 grape varieties planted on the estate, of which 37 are in full production. In addition to the wine vineyards, there are four types of olive trees in the 80-hectare olive groves, along with orchards and kitchen gardens. All farming uses organic methods and integrated production.

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Going Italian!

The Wine Knitter

Casalforte Valpolicella Superiore DOC 2020 Riondo Winery, founded in 2008, is an offshoot of the cooperative consortium Collis Veneto Wine Group. Today, the family project boasts five privately owned estates composed of 330 hectares of vineyards. Valpolicella is east of Lake Garda, situated in the province of Verona.