{"id":3310,"date":"2016-09-29T14:16:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northberkeleyimports.com\/wordpress\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2016-09-29T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:05:41","slug":"a-trio-of-talent-wine-spirits-top-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northberkeleyimports.com\/wordpress\/a-trio-of-talent-wine-spirits-top-100\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trio Of Talent: Wine &#038; Spirits Top 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_social_media_follow admin_label=&#8221;Social Media Follow&#8221; link_shape=&#8221;circle&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; follow_button=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=&#8221;facebook&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/northberkeleywine\/&#8221; skype_action=&#8221;call&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#3b5998&#8243;] facebook [\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=&#8221;twitter&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/norberkeleywine&#8221; skype_action=&#8221;call&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#00aced&#8221;] Twitter [\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_social_media_follow][et_pb_post_title admin_label=&#8221;Post Title&#8221; title=&#8221;on&#8221; meta=&#8221;on&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; date=&#8221;on&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; parallax_effect=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_background=&#8221;off&#8221; text_bg_color=&#8221;#d46d32&#8243; module_bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; title_all_caps=&#8221;off&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>North Berkeley Imports is very honored and certainly proud to have <strong>THREE<\/strong> partners named to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com\/top100\" target=\"_blank\">Wine &amp; Spirits Top 100 Wineries<\/a> list for 2016 &#8212; what a showing! This list is the who&#8217;s who of worldwide wineries that consistently perform and that have seriously wowed Wine &amp; Spirits tasters over the past year. And, drum roll, please! Here&#8217;s our list.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Domaine Egly-Ouriet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northberkeleyimports.com\/wordpress\/project\/domaine-egly-ouriet\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DOMAINE EGLY-OURIET<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Domaine Egly-Ouriet Champagne is the cult wine for Champagne lovers who crave the power and finesse of Pinot Noir-based wines. North Berkeley Imports was an early champion and one of the first importers of grower Champagne in the United States &#8212; and our very first partner was Egly-Ouriet. Francis Egly\u2019s practice of harvesting very ripe grapes and aging his wines in barrel for years longer than almost any other Champagne house are some of the practices that set his art apart from the rest; yet it is the results that captivate, vintage after vintage.<\/p>\n<p>Egly-Ouriet Champagne is age-worthy, sumptuous and at times surreal; these bottles are unquestionably the pinnacle of Pinot Noir-based Champagne. 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This exceptional, high-altitude plateau with its stony, calcareous soils produces some of the more elegant, harmonious Chianti Classico wines in the appellation; Monte in Chianti is one of the \u201cvery best areas\u201d in Chianti Classico, says Antonio Galloni.<\/p>\n<p>The Ricasoli-Firidolfi family is synonymous with Chianti Classico, as Baron Bettino Ricasoli\u2014the \u201cIron Baron\u201d and future prime minister of a united Italy\u2014in 1872 created the original \u201cformula\u201d for Chianti Classico\u2019s blend of grapes. Winemaker Marco Ricasoli-Firidolfi\u2019s 50 acres of vines are surrounded by 50 acres of olive trees and 250 acres of natural woodland. 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