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Tom Beckmen and his winemaker son Steve acquired the former Houtz Winery and its 23-acre Los Olivos vineyard in 1994. Two years later they bought a 365-acre ranch higher up in the valley which became the Purisima Mountain Vineyard,... Read More

In 2008, Gianluca Bergianti founded Terrevive with 40 acres in the village of Gargallo di Carpi just outside Modena, operating according to strict biodynamic principles since day one. He has since expanded to just under 90 acres,... Read More

In 1896 Carlos Serres founded his eponymous winery, one of the very first in the region. Today, the bodega remains family-owned and operated and is one of only a few centenarian producers in Rioja, and it continues as one of the... Read More

Founded by Gil Family Estates in 2001, El Nido is located in the highlands of Jumilla, about six miles from the town of that name, in southeastern Spain. The old vines here, a mix of Monastrell, Cabernet and Syrah, are rooted... Read More

Bruno Giacosa died in January of 2018; he was considered not only one of Piedmont’s leading lights for several decades but one of Italy’s greatest wine producers of all time. Giacosa had been in ill health for some... Read More

Bargemone is among the foremost estates of the Coteaux d’Aix appellation of Provence. A benchmark producer of the delicious, dry rosé for which Provence is famous, the Commanderie was founded by Templar knights in... Read More

Damiani Wine Cellars, located on the eastern shores of Seneca Lake, is one of the premier wineries of New York’s Finger Lakes region; family-owned, the winery produced its first vintage in 2004. This is one of the newest... Read More

Founded in 1886, Gomez Cruzado is the smallest winery in Haro’s famed “Barrio de la Estacion” district, surrounded by such renowned neighbors as Lopez de Heredia, La Rioja Alta, and Muga. It was founded by Ángel... Read More

Since its founding in 1989, Mulderbosch Vineyards has widely been accepted as one of South Africa’s foremost wine producers. In 2011 Mulderbosch was bought by California-based investment company Terroir Capital. Faithful... Read More

You need to go back five generations, well into the early years of the 19th century, to locate the beginnings of the Niepoort family’s association with the Douro region of Portugal and the wine trade. Franciscus Marius van... Read More

Named for a noted 18th-19th-Century writer and translator, this Cremant de Bourgogne is produced by Nuiton-Beaunoy, a cooperative based in Beaune and formerly known as Cave des Hautes-Cotes. Begun in 1957 by a group of ten or... Read More

Right after the end of the war, in 1945, Giovanni Brannetti bought a plot of land in the Roman countryside and, with his wife Ida, began working a vineyard there. The venture continued with the involvement of youngest son Giuseppe,... Read More

Roberto Anselmi has been credited, with good reason, with single-handedly reversing the waning reputation of the Veneto wine region. As a firm believer in the quality potential of the Garganega grape variety, he removed himself... Read More

When Andrea Vecchione, proprietor of San Quirico, planted his original 26.5 acres of vineyards more than 25 years ago, he was one of few in the area of San Gimignano who took a scientific approach to planting. The results have... Read More