Vote now! Wine Person of the Decade [the Naughties]

December 21st, 2009 admin

Thanks to everyone for the fascinating discussion suggesting nominees for the Wine Person of the Decade . Now it’s voting time! To make the voting somewhat more manageable, a select committee (that may or may not have included more people than just me) has now chosen a list of finalists. John Casella : CEO of Casella Wines, which launched the now ubiquitous [yellow tail] in June 2001 . Fred Franzia : The California-based creator of…


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