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A Small Winery's Huge Achievement

A California Sonoma Pinot Noir producer triumphs for small winegrowers everywhere
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 3:00pm ET

The success of a Kosta Browne, Wine Spectator's 2011 Wine of the Year, is a personal triumph for the founders and their staff. But it also validates the American Dream, the vision of farmers who, decades ago, believed in wine—not to mention Pinot Noir—and confirms for the next generation of winegrowers, wherever they may be, that this is an ambition worth pursuing. It's a livelihood beyond a lifestyle—something substantive and real that's worth pursuing.

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