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The Fantinel family operates a multi tiered wine brand, a restaurant (as well as a restaurant-hotel), and an extensive wine bar collection, the first of which opened in San Daniele del Friuli in 1998—undertaken by the estate’s proprietor, Mario and his three sons, Luciano, Gianfranco, and Loris.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart liked the Marzemino grape much that in the opera Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni calls out “Versa il vino! Eccellente [...]

“When this vintage came out, everyone shied away from it,” said Perry Porricelli, president, Italian Wine Merchants. “People thought it was backwards, [...]