Cooperatives are a century-old winemaking tradition in Europe that never ceases to amaze me. They were born of necessity in the difficult times of the late 19th and early 20th century, but have since morphed into a multitude of entities. On the one hand, there are those that are producing quite shoddy, lower-shelf supermarket wines that can potentially sully the cooperative winery concept at large. I mention this as on the other end of the scale you have wineries producing a broad range of wines, with a good number of […]
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