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A Napa Winemaker Makes an Outstanding French Wine
Clos du Val's Bernard Portet strikes gold in the Languedoc region of southern France
Kim Marcus
Posted: December 6, 2001
For Bernard Portet, returning to his native France to oversee winemaking at Domaine de Nizas in the Languedoc was a bit like starting over. A veteran of more than three decades of work in the cellars of Clos du Val winery in Napa Valley, Calif.
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