Wine People Close Up with Ancient Peaks’ co-owner Doug Filipponi

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Wine People Close Up with Ancient Peaks’ co-owner Doug Filipponi

This week, my Wine People Close Up video features Ancient Peaks’ co-owner Doug Filipponi. The winery is in the tiny Santa Margarita appellation within Paso Robles, and the vineyards cover what was once an ancient inland seabed 14 million years ago. There are fossilized oyster shells in the soil to prove it. You’ve got to see this.

—Karen

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Wine People Close Up with Ancient Peaks’ co-owner Doug Filipponi

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CAVA-Spain’s Great Sparkling Wine (Part 2 of 2)

Which of the following is NOT a top 3 Italian wine by volume in retail sales globally?The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. Prosecco

B. Chianti

C. Barolo

D. Lambrusco

Garagiste

A French term first used in Bordeaux in the 1990s, the word garagiste refers to an innovative (possibly renegade) professional winemaker without much financial capital, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.