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fine Wine Source Wine Club December 2016 Scotto Family Cellars: The Scotto Family traces its winemaking history back to the 1880’s when their great, great grandfather Salvatore Scotto was an officer in the Italian Navy on the island of Ischia, off the coast of Italy. Salvatore made wine for his family, friends, and neighbors. In 1903 their great grandfather Dominic Scotto and his family immigrated to New York and settled in a Brooklyn brownstone, not too far from the docks where he worked in the shipyards. He taught his sons to make wine, which they sold in 5 gallon crocks from a horse drawn wagon. In 1909 he opened

fine Wine Source Wine Club November 2016 Lakegirl Wines: The Lakegirl story begins like many, with fond memories of home and vacations in Minnesota (an area not unlike Michigan), full of lakes; an area where, for over a century, summertime and weekend getaways at cabins and campgrounds have been a tradition for many generations. Life at the lake can be energizing, relaxing, funny, and sentimental. It translates to family picnics on the Fourth of July, water skiing until the gas runs out, fishing at dawn and dusk, singing around a campfire fighting off mosquitoes or roasting marshmallows for S’mores; above all else, life at the lake is comfortable. Lakegirl strives

fine Wine Source Wine Club Chateau La Croix du Doc: Sitting on Bordeaux’s right bank, you will find Chateau La Croix du Duc. It is a 15 hectare (37acre) estate near Lussac St. Emilion, the offices are located in the locality of Perruchon. The vines are situated on clay and gravelly hillsides facing south west and their planting is 80% merlot and 20% cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. The estate has been in the hands of the Chollet family since 1865. Today the estate is part of the famous Jean-Baptiste Audy Bordeaux Negociant House. Work in the vineyards and cellar are managed traditionally and the finished wine is bottles

fine Wine Source Wine Club October 2016 Clayhouse Wines: Is owned and operated by the Middleton Family, through their Anderson & Middleton Company. They pride themselves on providing delicious and affordable single-vineyard, estate grown wines from certified-sustainable Red Cedar Vineyards in Paso Robles, California…America’s fastest growing wine region. Clayhouse wines express the pinnacle of Paso Robles style: Ripe fruit character expressed with a consistent sense of elegance and poise. The winery is just south of the city of San Luis Obispo and is named for the 1840’s adobe house located on the site of the Red Cedar Vineyard. All Adobe, Clayhouse, and Clayhouse Estate wines are produced from the grapes

fine Wine Source Wine Club September 2016 A.A. Badenhorst: A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines are grown, made, and matured on Kalmoesfontein Farm in the Swartland Appellation of South Africa. Swartland is a large wine producing region 40 miles north of Cape Town in the Western Cape Region and specializes in making rich, fruit driven wines from Shiraz, Chenin Blanc, and Pinotage. The Badenhorst family owns close to 70 acres of old bushvines in the Siebritskloof region of the Paardbeberg Mountain’s north face. The Badenhorst property is owned by the self-proclaimed “dynamic and good-looking” cousins Hein & Adi Badenhorst. Adi began making wine at the age of 13 and studied at Elsenburg