Loves Kiwi wine, too: recently bought coveted cult winery Dry River and popular producer Te Awa.

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If you doubt the existence of cult brands that stir strange passions, attend the Napa Valley Wine Auction.

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This unique position of tiny production and rarity (not to mention a plum position on the wine list at Michelin three star Restaurant at Meadowood) qualify Spadarotto wines as cult phenomena in my book.

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