Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Luca Paschina, General Manager and winemaker of Barboursville Vineyards, was inducted into the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in recognition of his leadership in the establishment of Barboursville Vineyards as the standard of excellence in Virginia wines.

His Excellency Claudio Bisogniero, the Ambassador of Italy, and Mr. Gianni Zonin, Chairman of Italy's Casa Vinicola Zonin, the parent company of Barboursville Vineyards, celebrated the induction into the Order with Paschina at a ceremony at the Hay Adams in Washington, D.C on Monday night.

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