August 29, 2010
A former professional water polo player, who looks like a rock star with his earrings, whip-thin body, tattooed arms, and spiky hair, Richard Spurr is the first foreigner to create a vineyard in Corsica. The English-Irish winemaker came to Corsica via the Montpelier area, where he learned about winemaking on the job at several Faugères [...]
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September 3, 2009
While on vacation in Corsica this summer, I decided to visit the Domaine Maestracci in the northern part of the island in search of a box wine that I had read about on the blog of one of the leading US importers of wine from lesser-known French wine regions, Kermit Lynch. Lynch had questioned his [...]
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