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Cellar Gems and Fails #8
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Revisiting 2004 Brunellos
How Etna Winemaker Frank Cornelissen Has Found His Groove
Etna New Vintages Report
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Barolo 2020 Vintage Report
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Addio Michele
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Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Vintage Report
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Three Decades of Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona Brunello Pianrosso
The Raddest producers in Radda
Etna Bianco: Stunning Whites forged on the slopes of Europe’s highest active volcano
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Pieropan Soave Classico Calvarino 1987-2021
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Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021: pioniere del Barolo e della viticoltura biologica
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Barolo 2016: A Modern Day Classic
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Un tributo a Renato Vacca, grande vignaiolo di Barbaresco
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Brunello di Montalcino 2015: il buono, il brutto e il cattivo (e il grande)
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Col Fondo: il nebuloso caso del vino torbido
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Brunello di Montalcino 2013: un’annata classica e splendente, da mettere in cantina
2013: Radiant, cool climate Brunellos for the cellar
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The Volcanic Wines of Italy
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2012 Brunello: a return to finesse and age-worthy structure
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Make it a Double in Montalcino: 2011 Brunello and 2010 Riserva
Italian Legend Giacomo Tachis Dies
Discover Italy’s Old Vine Wines
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Tenuta San Guido
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Barbaresco 2008 and Riserva 2006
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Bruno Giacosa
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US love affair with Italy
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The Quiet Revolution
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Brunello’s Moment of Truth
The Great Escape
Italian and other producers turn back to large casks
Barolo patriarch Bartolo Mascarello dies (by Paolo Tenti)
Kerin O’Keefe racconta Franco Biondi Santi, il gentleman del Brunello (di Franco Ziliani)
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