At a post-work tasting tonight I discovered the breadth of an Italian winemaker. Piero Incisa della Rocchetta of the Italian winemaking family that owns Tuscany’s Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia), is growing pinot noir in the Patagonia region in the Rio Negro Valley of Argentina. della Rocchetta purchased the land in 2004 and I believe the [...]
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Italy takes on Argentina
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