In the early 1990s our founders, Len and Marisa Crispino, were living as expats in Italy. While there, they discovered the wonders of the Amarone wines of Valpolicella in the Veneto region of the country. This style of wine is made using the Appassimento process whereby the grapes are dried prior to pressing. The more they learned about this process and grew to love these wines, the more excited they became at the prospect of bringing this incredible craftsmanship back with them to Ontario....

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