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A Career Leap: From Working With A Large Wine Company To Co-Owning A Small Italian Wine Importer
Scott Ades has a very impressive resume that ranges from investment banker to overseeing human resources management software and services for corporate and brokerage businesses to being COO of a national fine wine and spirits distributor in the US. Scott … Continue reading
A Great Italian White Wine Family Loses Their Leader, Leaving His Daughter To Take The Reins
Big cast-iron buildings that housed grandiose loft spaces with huge casement windows surrounded by cobblestone streets took one to another world, as it was not that far from the hustle and bustle of a dizzying amount of activity. The New … Continue reading
Winemaker Of Historic Wine Estates In Tuscany And The Mentors That Inspired Him To Make Great Wine
There was no better place to be for the young Italian boy than sitting next to his grandfather, who was playing cards and sharing his homemade wine with his friends, in the Abruzzo region of Italy as there was always … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolgheri, Brunello di Montalcino, Italy, Montalcino, Montecucco, Sangiovese, Super Tuscan
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2 Million Wine Bottles In The Cellar Of One Of The Most Prestigious Italian Wine Producers
The antique lights, with their long necks connected to the otherworldly vaulted ceilings, gave a soft, warm glow to the never-ending wine barrels lining the stone walls. All those Slavonian oak casks filled with delicious wines emitted the most intoxicating … Continue reading
Greenest Wine Region In Europe And Its White Wine, A Favorite Among Sommeliers
The sounds of crying, desperate prayers and the unhinged ramblings of people on the verge of madness faded into the background as the cover of night helped to lull the wounded “traitor” to sleep. As he dreamt, he was transported … Continue reading
An Italian ‘Gamay’ Wine Calls Out To The ‘Daring’ Wine Drinkers
Crumbling brick tenement apartment buildings housing poor artists showed bursts of creativity illustrated on their dilapidated structures with provocative graffiti art. During the 1980s, the East Village in New York City was filled with burgeoning writers, musicians, filmmakers and painters … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Gamay, Grenache, Italy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madrevite, Umbria
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Native Italian Wine Grapes Succeeding Under Women’s Guidance In Sicily
Strapped in tightly into the cramped cockpit, Barbara felt a jolt of exhilaration as the jet started to climb over 6,000 feet per minute and since this Aermacchi MB-339 jet was only going up to around 3,000 feet it took … Continue reading
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Tagged Frappato, Italy, Native Variety, Nero d'Avola, Sicily, Women in Wine
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From Artificial Intelligence To Prison Reform: Tuscan Wine Producer Revolutionizing The World
When it comes to wine from Tuscany, no other family holds more importance than the Frescobaldi family, now in their 30th generation of Frescobaldi Toscana that includes eight estates throughout Tuscany, only placing their wine focus on this much-beloved wine region of … Continue reading
50-Year Wine Relationship Between Wine Importer And Great Italian Producer
Tidal waves of panic tempered by excitement keep hitting a married couple as they drive their elegantly constructed Italian car from Milan, Italy, down to the town of Montalcino in Tuscany. “What could be the emergency?” wondered the wife as … Continue reading
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Tagged Brunello di Montalcino, Italy, Sangiovese, Tuscan Wine, Tuscany
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