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?? 3 Exciting Secrets of Santa Barbara Chardonnay You’ll Love

A Wine Story

Top Burgundian vineyards, created over a thousand years ago by Cistercian monks. But Sanford and Benedict knew California could produce a Burgundian style if they could find a vineyard with cool-climate influences. This would become the Sanford & Benedict vineyard. Santa Barbara Chardonnay. California Chardonnay.

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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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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. The wine is aged for 18 months in French oak.

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River Road Chardonnays

The Wine Knitter

Photo courtesy of Ron Rubin Winery With a degree in viticulture and enology at UC Davis obtained in the early 70s, Ron Rubin fulfilled a 40-year dream, and in 2011 purchased River Road Family Vineyards and Winery. The objective is to produce a fuller-bodied and richer Chardonnay without oak influence. Alcohol: 12.5%

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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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Beautiful Gems Of Fontanafredda

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In 1866, the king bought the first vineyard of Barolo and by 1870 winemaking began in the cellars of Fontanafredda using the indigenous grapes Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo. The king’s son Count Emanuele Alberto of Mirafiori turned the estate into a full commercial winery with over 741 acres of wine vineyards.

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Beautiful Gems of Fontanafredda

The Wine Knitter

In 1866, the king bought the first vineyard of Barolo and by 1870 winemaking began in the cellars of Fontanafredda using the indigenous grapes Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo. The king’s son Count Emanuele Alberto of Mirafiori turned the estate into a full commercial winery with over 741 acres of wine vineyards.

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