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Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

Sante

Working together, Italo and Sergio replanted the vineyards and restored the farmstead. Sergio has been a member of the Executive Board of the Chianti Classico Consortium since 1995 and in 2012 he was appointed President. The best grapes are sourced from Le Terrazze Vineyard. In 2015 he was confirmed for another three years.

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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. Sergio has been a member of the Executive Board of the Chianti Classico Consortium since 1995 and in 2012 he was appointed President. The best grapes are sourced from Le Terrazze Vineyard. In 2015 he was confirmed for another three years.

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Good Food Guide Awards 2020 #poweredbykounta

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The Aboriginal philosophy to heal and be healed by the land and to always give back more than you take, strongly influences Zonfrillo’s culinary philosophy. Sixpenny was founded in March 2012 and is named after the sixpence restaurants that operated in the late 1800s in Australia.

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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. In those days, international sports figures probably didn’t have the same “influencer” status as they do today, nor the millions of dollars in endorsement fees. Vineyards are planted at a higher altitude, resulting in more acidity.

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Day 755 Exploring The Franken Wine Region, Part One

The Wine Knitter

And I can’t think of a better setting for sipping wine than to be surrounded by medieval villages, castles, beautiful landscapes and miles of terraced wine vineyards! Sloped vineyards leading down to the Main River. During medieval times winemaking grew and there were over 40,000 hectares of vineyards in Franken.

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Top 10 Wines of 2020

Foodable

You still get a lot of that strong oak influence, but it’s not quite as sweet. The wine is aged in “French oak, which is a little bit more of a modern take for Rioja,” adds Wines. “It It really does the wine a lot of favors. You get a lot more vanilla and baking spices. It just adds a lot of great complexity.”

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Matanzas Journey Red Blend & Chardonnay

A Wine Story

All of the winery’s fruit comes from sustainable – farmed, estate vineyards scattered throughout the mild interior and cool coastal AVAs of the county. 2012 Matanzas Winery Red Blend. The Merlot was sourced from two blocks of the Jackson Park vineyard, planted with the Petrus clone. The winemaker is Marcia Torres Forno.