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.

Why Being Old Could Be Better

“In Europe then we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well-being and delight. Drinking wine was not snobbism nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me, as necessary.”

–Ernest Hemingway(1899-1961),
A Moveable Feast

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