August 19, 2022

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Amount (in millions of U.S. dollars) that Warren Winiarski (founder of Napa Valley’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars) just gave to the University of California at Davis’ library to build a world class collection of wine writers’ works. The library already holds 30,000+ wine books, rare manuscripts, and wine maps dating back to 1287.

Know Carménère – 6 Key Facts

“Good wine is, by nature, fleeting, mysterious, ever-changing, subject to the imperfect, unpredictable nuances of weather, place and human judgement. It changes continually, reacting to temperature and touch, food and mood, its years in the bottle and its minutes in the glass. Whether it is cheap or expensive, those who love wine live for the thrill of the surprise, the sense of discovery, the pleasure of knowing that the best wines can take you places that you never anticipated.”

—Eric Asimov
The New York Times, May 17, 2017

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