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The Cornerstone of Cabernet

The Cornerstone of Cabernet

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Fredric Koeppel
Nov 22, 2008
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The Cornerstone of Cabernet
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Mike Dragutsky and David Sloas, two doctors from Memphis, launched Cornerstone Cellars in 1991, when Sloas was visiting

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winemaker Randy Dunn on Howell Mountain and Dunn offered to sell him 4.8 tons of cabernet sauvignon grapes, a gesture that falls into the "can't refuse" category, even after a sanity check. Seventeen years later, Cornerstone turns out …

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