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There's a vino for that.

Italy makes more wine, from more grapes, than any country on earth — and has a centuries-old gift for making itself just complicated enough to keep most people from finding it. Not arrogance. Just a country more interested in the wine than the marketing. I'm here to close that distance.

Italy makes more wine, from more grapes, than any country on earth — and has a centuries-old gift for making itself just complicated enough to keep most people from finding it. Not arrogance. Just a country more interested in the wine than the marketing.

I'm here to close that distance.

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