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Value vino: comeback for fizzy Italian wines

By Ron Bechtol

What was it about the '70s? Richard Nixon, bell-bottom pants, Hamburger Helper...need we say more?

Oh, sure—why not: "Riunite on ice....that's nice!" also springs to mind. In the 1970s and '80s, Banfi Vintners aggressively peddled a sweet and fizzy, soda-pop style wine made from the lambrusco grape in Italy's Emilio-Romagna region, and in the process turned it into a synonym for schlock. But they weren't alone.

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Source: http://sacurrent.com/

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