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The Piero Antinori Interview with Marvin R. Shanken

Wine Spectator editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken interviewed Tuscan wine legend Piero Antinori in a wide-ranging conversation about growing up in Florence, taking over his family's generations-old wine business, creating Tignanello, buying Napa's Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and much, much more. Read the full interview and more in Wine Spectator's April 30, 2025, issue cover story.

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The sale includes over 50 lots from Burgundy legend Henri Jayer, one of the producers Saunier discovered and championed.

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The Andelin vineyard sits right behind the two buildings that make up Cliff Lede Vineyards' wine facility.

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