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HARVESTING PIGNOLO STARS – Slowly

Our history making ‘JAMM’ session with the ‘Masters of Pignolo’ is evolving nicely.
With the 2016 harvest concluded, all the preliminary indicators suggest we’re looking at one of ‘THE’ great Pignolo vintages…. either on or off the record!

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STREETWISE – THE FEX

THENATIVEGRAPES SPIRIT of SHARING is delighted to bring a new feature to our blog… YOU…Yes, YOU. With his inaugural post, let’s toast our newest Italian native grape hunter… THE FEX :)

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A LITTLE rattled near HUM

It was a round about trip over the hill from Ruttars to San Floriano and down to Lenzuolo Bianco. This part of the world has been home to the Gravner family for centuries. We should add that our ageing navigator hasn’t been updated in a decade because we’ve learned that often the accidental road ‘less-travelled’ brings with it an unexpected lifetime of surprises.

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MALVASIA ISTRIANA – Where have you been?

Amazingly good fortune it was to step into an unexpected & quite mind-bending, mini-vertical of Tenuta di Blasig’s Malvasia Istriana. All thanks to Friuli’s legendary enological historian and all-round native grape hero, Claudio Fabbro ;)

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