I am a fan of joint ventures that bring interesting wine people together from different cultures with different ideas.
It was Luce's genesis, a Super Tuscan red involving two prominent wine families: the Old World Frescobaldi family of Florence and the New World upstart Mondavi family of California's Napa Valley. The place was Montalcino, the blend was a 50/50 mix of sangiovese and surprisingly merlot. The full story is next, as told by Lamberto Frescobaldi.
Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 37 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. He is also the host of the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, which is broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available globally as a podcast on all the major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, which now attracts more than one million monthly users from 114 countries. It remains a valuable resource, offering tasting notes, insightful wine stories, and videos for the trade and consumers. His extensive collection of videos featuring wine personalities is available on the Gismondi on Wine YouTube Channel.
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