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?? 3 Exciting Secrets of Santa Barbara Chardonnay You’ll Love

A Wine Story

Top Burgundian vineyards, created over a thousand years ago by Cistercian monks. But Sanford and Benedict knew California could produce a Burgundian style if they could find a vineyard with cool-climate influences. And the technology we take for granted today did not then exist. Santa Barbara Chardonnay. California Chardonnay.

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A Taste Of Vittoria!

The Wine Knitter

Documentation shows that around the third century BC, an official deed showed the sale of a wine vineyard of one hectare proving evidence of viticulture in the Ragusa region. Soils are mostly clay and limestone, with more sandy-loamy soil in the lower-lying vineyards closer to the coast. One can feel the deep history and roots here.

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A Taste Of Montsant DO Wines

Sante

Montsant is made up of mountainous terrain with high altitude vineyards situated between 50 to 700 meters above sea level. In 2001, Montsant finally extricated itself from Tarragona’s shadow and was officially recognized as a DO (Designation of Origin). Seventeen sub-regions are located within this semi-circle.

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A Cancelled Trip Didn’t Stop My Wine Glass!

The Wine Knitter

Montsant is made up of mountainous terrain with high altitude vineyards situated between 50 to 700 meters above sea level. In 2001, Montsant finally extricated itself from Tarragona’s shadow and was officially recognized as a DO (Designation of Origin). Seventeen sub-regions are located within this semi-circle.

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Stone Castle - A Story Of Love And Determination

The Wine Knitter

So, with enthusiasm and determination, Rrustem returned to Kosovo with the Gecaj family and purchased the NBI Rahoveci winery renaming it Stone Castle Vineyards and Winery. Before the war, Kosovo had over 9000 hectares of vineyards with over a 2000 year history of winemaking. In 2008, Kosovo was recognized as an independent state.

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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

Modern Restaurant Management

” Gunderson began her career in the Napa Valley in 2001 after moving from Colorado to California to work as an intern at Robert Mondavi Winery. While at Mondavi, she discovered her passion for wine and viticulture which she regarded as a marriage of science, art,and technology. After completing her internship, she joined St.