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Castello di Amorosa is an authentically styled 13th century Tuscan castle and winery in Napa Valley that produces a limited number of world-class wines all available exclusively at the winery. Surrounded by 31 acres in the foothills of the Diamond Mountain District just south of the town of Calistoga, Castello di Amorosa is the dream of fourth generation Italian American and pioneering Napa Valley vintner Dario Sattui. An architectural masterpiece featuring 107 rooms, 8,000 tons of hand-squared stones, 8 levels (four below ground), extensive caves, cellars, courtyards, a meticulously hand-painted Great Hall, drawbridge, moat, dungeon and torture chamber, and one of the most impressive wine barrel rooms in the United States constructed using ancient Roman cross-vaulting techniques. Yet the 136,000 square foot castle is mearly a backdrop to showcase some of Napa Valley's best wines. Castello di Amorosa produces only 35,000 cases each year, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, and more. The Castello is open daily for tours and tastings, and its wines are sold exclusively direct to consumer.

Cantina Tollo was established in 1960 by a group of vignerons living in the Abruzzo region. The main purpose was to make local wines expressing their best characteristics, typical of this privileged wine making area. Offering up a wine to the market is a way of communicating one's own way of being and philosophy, and of transmitting an ancient culture through aromas, emotions and memories. It is a gift to enhance the quality of life, through a promise Cantina Tollo has always kept: that its wines tell a story. If Cantina Tollo's mission is based on the will to keep the relationship between man and the land very much alive, its products naturally transmit the spirit of this mission even whilst utilising the latest technology. Modern methods and research cannot bring a cold, distant feel to a what is in reality a richly poetic and joyful world and way of working. Each bottle does not contain only wine, but thousands upon thousands of caresses, changing moods and frames of mind, the passing of the seasons, a year's work and the patient wait for the final outcome.

Rocca delle Macìe is a young and dynamic winery which in a little over 30 years it has forged a reputation throughout the wine world as one of Chianti's most highly regarded estates. It was back in 1973 that Italo Zingarelli at last realized his life-long dream of purchasing the estate Le Macìe-about 140 hectares of land and transforming it into a winery at the very heart of the Chianti Classico zone.