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“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.” Quite simply, the driving tenet behind the wines of Fontalpino and the force that propels the team of Gioia and Filippo Cresti. Known throughout Italy, Gioia oversees…
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~ Winemaker Fabio Angius ~ (image courtesy of Joanie Karapetian) Recently I had the chance to meet one of Italy’s rising star winemakers for an exclusive tasting and interview in the offices of his New York importer. Fabio Angius, winemaker…
Continue reading~ Proprietor & Winemaker Stella di Campalto ~ (image courtesy of Stella di Campalto) Generalizations are absolutely that, but if you’ll permit me, women know how to make wine. There, I said it. I love wine made by women. I…
Continue readingIt’s probably one of the most mispronounced words in wine lexicon. Meritage. It’s a coined phrase by an association of wine growers and is a combination of Merit and Heritage. It rhymes with Heritage. Don’t announce yourself the novice in…
Continue reading~ Domenico Clerico ~ In 1976, after decades of selling grapes to the local Barolo consorzio and to locals around Monforte, Domenico Clerico’s father asked his son if he wanted to take control of the family farm. With a…
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