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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

Sante

opened Woburn Winery, the first American, Black-owned vineyard and winery, in Virginia. Pitts is sommelier and wine director of fine dining One Market Restaurant in San Francisco. single vineyards. McBride Sisters Robin and Andrea in the vineyard. The interest and sales of Black-owned wineries are up.

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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. Filippo Paoletti, enologist, lead the tutored tasting in the formal dining room. How did the professor get there? “It

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A Small Wine Region That Makes A Big Statement!

The Wine Knitter

Uruguay has over 5000 hectares of vineyards with 180 active wineries, mostly family-run and now in their third and fourth generation. Both Uruguay and Bordeaux’s vineyards are planted close to estuaries and rivers and are relatively humid and mild in climate with sufficient wind and rain. And the wine is something to dial into!

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