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news2026-08-26

The Start of Something (Thoughts on Oltrepò Pavese Classese, and La Genisia Recent Releases)

“There’s something happenin’ here…” The “here” in this case is Oltrepò Pavese, in Lombardy’s western edge, in northern Italy. It happens to sit right on the 45th parallel, which as a wine nerd you will have at some point heard of (as it is roughly where you can also find Piedmont, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the […] This article was originally published on 1WineDude.com . Grab the books! Source

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