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You Could Lubricate Thanksgiving Dinner with Three Wines from Balletto Vineyards

You Could Lubricate Thanksgiving Dinner with Three Wines from Balletto Vineyards

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Fredric Koeppel
Nov 15, 2022
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The story of Balletto Vineyards begins as so many histories of wineries in California begin -- with farmers. In 1977, after the death of his father, the 17-year-old John Balletto, with his mother Hazel, planted vegetables on a five-acre plot near Sebastopol, in Sonoma County. Gradually, the farm expanded, until by early 1990s, Balletto Farms was the lar…

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