Former film and commercial director Julian Castagna came to town and set up shop at the Fine Wine Reserve with six of his wines (his "entire portfolio").  Julian is a very interesting character; he left the film business in the nineties to take up winemaking.  At first he bought grapes from area growers to see if he was adept at making wine - better to waste someone else's grapes than your own.  In a bizarre twist of fate Julian’s two sons have undertaken each side of his persona:  one has followed his father’s past path in film, while the other it is learning from dad now, as a winemaker.  I tasted all six wines, two of which are made by his son.  My top three picks are as follows (all wines are currently private order moving, hopefully, to consignment come the spring) ... (Read more)

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