The announcements came from different wine regions on different continents, but the message was the same. In one week this summer, both Favia in Napa Valley and Allegrini in Valpolicella announced that some of their wines would now be sold and distributed around the world not by local merchants but by the French négociants of La Place de Bordeaux. Read about the remarkable transformation changing the way many wines are sold across the globe.
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