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Industry Meets Artistry: A Tasting of Lombardy

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Kerri

Since the Middle Ages, Lombardy has been the epicenter of big Italian business, be it silk and textile manufacturing around Lake Como, banking in Milan or mining and metallurgy in …

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Wines from Valle D’Aosta (Italy)

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Kerri

As you turn North from Torino you leave behind the rolling foothills of the Langhe and start to climb towards Europe’s highest peak and border with France: Monte Bianco. Once …

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Selections from the Terry Theise Portfolio with Derek Whitaker

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Kerri

Terry Theise is known as a prophet, a master, a hedonist, a glutton, a dork. He is celebrated for his exceptionally expressive wine descriptions that venture far from the “hints …

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