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We are sad to share with you the news of the passing of Gianni Piccoli, the founder of Corte Gardoni. Agronomist, viticulturist, winemaker, and passionate defender of authenticity, Gianni Piccoli’s beautiful wines have been prominently featured at Moore Brothers for more than two decades. You probably know them yourself. More than that, he was our dear friend. And no one at Moore Brothers was closer to Gianni than my friend and…
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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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