May
30
Alfredo Roca
The Roca family has been producing wine in Mendoza for four generations and currently farms vineyards in San Rafael, the southernmost province of Mendoza. At altitudes of 800 meters (2,600 feet!) above the sea level, Roca’s vineyards produce distinctly cool-climate wines. In 1912, the Roca family’s ancestors came from Spain and Italy, settled in San […]
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May
30
Carol Shelton
Carol Shelton is widely cited as the most awarded winemaker in the United States. She has won countless medals for her wines and has been honored as Winemaker of the Year numerous times. After years of working with some of the industry’s top winemakers and wineries, Carol continues to win awards and accolades for premium […]
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May
30
Andrea Oberto
The Andrea Oberto winery has humble origins. Farming began in 1959 when the Oberto family bought a farmhouse in La Morra, Piedmont. At the time, the farmers couldn’t survive by growing only vineyards, so they earned a living growing peaches and grapes and by raising cows. The children took part in the family business from […]
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May
30
Cesani
Cesani holds a lovely hillside position in upper Pancole, overlooking San Gimignano. Pancole is a subdistrict in the San Gimignano appellation of Tuscany and was the first in the area to be recognized for its powerful reds in this otherwise white wine dominated appellation. Owner Vincenzo Cesani migrated to Tuscany from his native Marche. At […]
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May
30
Aquitania
Aquitania is the dream of business man, M. Aquin, who was born in a small village close to the winery. After developing other companies, M. Aguin decided to purchase vineyards in the heart of Rias Baixas and founded a winery in the town of Salnés for making wines from the traditional Albariño grape. For this […]
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May
30
Jacquart
Since 1964, Champgne Jacquart has earned recognition among the world’s leading champagne brands. A major success story, the young Champagne House has evolved to be one of the largest sources of grapes in the entire Champagne region, covering more than 7% of the surface area in the appellation with its 1,800 winegrowers. The aim of […]
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May
30
Bailly Lapierre
During the Jurassic period 250 million years ago, the slow breaking-up of the Pangaean land mass gave rise to the Tethys Sea. Present-day France was completely under water. A few islands emerged, tropical in type, and the landscape would have been like the Caribbean as we know it: an island (now the Morvan), a coral […]
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May
30
Champagne Jean Laurent
Jean’s family has been growing wine in the village of Celles-sur-Ource for more than 1,000 years. The estate is situated in the Aube, an outlying Champagne district south of Marne that shares the same chalky soils as the heart of Champagne and Chablis. Jean farms a total of 39 acres, split between Pinot Noir (30 […]
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May
30
Balbach Estate
The roots of the famous Balbach Wine Estate date back until 1654. Since then Weingut Balbach and the propretiors from the Bohn Family have worked hard to archieved a state of national and international fame for its unique wines. Today the Hasselbach Family lead by Agnes Hasselbach and son Johannes Hasselbach operates the Balbach estate. […]
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May
30
Hobo Wine Company
The Hobo Wine Company is the brainchild of Kenny Likitprakong. Kenny grew up at the winery, Domain Saint George, where his father Somchai worked as general manager since 1972. He considered several career options, including medicine, film and professional skateboarding before a gig in San Francisco introduced him to wine. UC Davis subsequently beckoned, and […]
