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In 1995 the small Christian Drouin estate was awarded the European Prestige Grand Prix for their work in reviving and redefining quality in the region of Normandy known as Calvados. The estate was established in 1960 and is now under the direction of Christian Drouin (jr.) and his children.
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Laurent Combier in his vines Maurice Combier purchased the Domaine's original 10 hectares of vines north of Pont-de-l'Isère in 1962. During the 1960s, he had an allergic reaction to a chemical used in fruit orchards and vineyards to fight plant diseases. In an experiment, he adopted organic farming in half of his property to learn the processes necessary to keep the fruit healthy, naturally. By the 1980s, the entire estate was …
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Among the very best of the small "grower-producers" of Cognac, is Pascal Fillioux proprietor of the small firm, Jean Fillioux. Pascal is the fourth generation of Fillioux to carry the tradition since the firms founding in 1880. Pascal’s vineyards lie in the very heart of the Grande Champagne district. Pascal personally oversees, (if not performs) every aspect of production: harvest, fermentation, distillation, aging, blending and …
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Adrian Fabre with his old Grenache vines Domaine la Florane is a single contiguous estate in Visan, about a half-hour from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with 24 hectares of vines and thirty hectares of truffle oak forest. In 2001 when Adrian Fabre joined his father at the domain, they decided to leave the cooperative and bottle the wines themselves – at their own new gravity fed winery that was completed in 1998.
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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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