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Matt Cline in the old vineyards of Oakley Along with Joel Peterson at Ravenswood in Sonoma, and Paul Draper at Ridge Vineyards in Santa Cruz, Matt Cline was one of the original champions of single-vineyard, old-vine Zinfandel. Before establishing Three Wine Company in 2006, Matt was a founding partner of Trinitas Cellars (which he sold in 2006), and had worked with his brother Fred at Cline Cellars since 1982. Along the way, he has…
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Vinhos Barbieto is one of the most outstanding producers on the island of Madeira. Today, Ricardo Freitas, the owner of Barbeito has established an ongoing relationship with the Rare Wine Company to produce a "library" collection of old Madeira styles, drawn from his old casks, and marketed under the Rare Wine Company banner.
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Elio Grasso at his home in Barolo If there is any Barolo producer who perfectly embodies the idea of stewardship of his heritage, it is Elio Grasso. He was working in a bank in Torino in 1978 when his grandfather died, leaving him a small cascina and a few giornate of vines on the Gavarini and Ginestra hills of Monforte. Elio promptly quit the bank to become a wine grower. Today he still works every day in the vineyard, preferring…
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Reberto Ferraris with his wife and son in Agliano Terme The estate was established in 1923, when Roberto’s grandfather, Stefano Ferraris, planted vines in a natural south-southwest facing limestone amphitheater in Agliano Terme, in the heart of the Barbera d’Asti zone. Today, there are nine hectartes (about 23 American acres) under vine. The steep exposure, and now very old vines, not to mention the impeccable farming, results in…
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George Unti bought his first vineyards in Dry Creek in 1990, and for seven years sold fruit to large producers of "varietal" wines. We first met his son, Mick when he was working, as he says, <em>"on the dark side…"</em> for a huge industrial winery. But we were struck by his personality, and also by the fact that we had common heroes; Paolo De Marchi among them. A few months later we got a call from Mick. He said he'd "chucked the…
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