9k

Number of bottles produced of the 9^th vintage of Gorgona, a wine made by prison inmates on the penal colony island of the same name. The wine— a blend of Vermentino and Ansonica— is a project by Tuscany’s famous Frecobaldi family as part of their “Frescobaldi for the social good” rehabilitation program.

Mysteries of Minerality

“Age gives a wine a sense of beauty and satisfaction that it could never have had before when it was young. In our minds, we intuit that beauty and satisfaction as a feeling of completeness. Because so much of life is incomplete, an old wine is remarkable and moving.”

—Warren Winiarski
Founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars

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