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This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. Although one would expect Chardonnay to be a new development in Piedmont ...

Diane is a wine consultant, educator, and author of This Calls For A Drink. She is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America's Wine and Beverage Certificate Program and a Certified Sommelier ...