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Building an Italian wine empire around Merlot

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    Count Brandino Brandolini, owner of The Vistorta Estate, talks about making Merlot in northern Italy.

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Hay out of trees into the Fox Business Network welcome to my favorite part of the week -- -- -- -- we get talk about line and equal parts ways it's about line.

From high neck of the way it's it's -- -- -- I haven't told an excuse them from Sicily yet which means basically I'm like not even member of the country's ours in Argentines are concerned these days.

But then you know -- -- -- I should say -- you know -- meaning.

You run in the state of wine bar I mean you name you -- go in on as far as wine in northern Italy you're outside -- the property.

Yes it's north of -- northeast.

And it's.

Two on the -- of property with the 35 victims of billions and especially that that would middle grapes.

-- your parents and I wasn't about that but your parents started this.

Well it's say small my.

Great great uncle and then the nineteenth century began to property -- of the buildings the winery.

So actually it's -- more than one on the fifty years old.

And it stayed in the family all these years you were Venetian born in the EU decides who comes here and I think Texas pan.

Yeah I believe I would -- think about they didn't.

America or does is being intrigued hopeful for Italians.

Especially in the seventies so I wanted to study agriculture and I wanted to come to the states so I managed to.

To come man and go to a -- cornyn Texas court of Texas and I mean it was -- -- -- -- agriculture.

Technology and that at the university of Bordeaux was well executed -- -- back home and created.

Mean this just magnificent monstrosity of wines.

And all these that was creations.

Let's talk about Murillo growing in Venice advocates want typically think -- -- -- Cold.

White lines.

Well you don't freely we we entry -- so.

Edited and so the properties -- previously was just needed to -- in -- Venice.

And it's -- it is very well known for white wines but actually mineral has been groan that went on and on -- more than -- century.

And -- is storage and if aboard those with the climate in and freely note and the -- toys pretty much the -- so -- As they've won before.

Climate and -- -- for doing.

That life.

When hidden from from my agent member is important of the -- when you think about the red lines and think about.

The beat -- would -- -- -- Lebanese coastal from -- the and so.

If -- I I don't exactly.

OK so now we have a few different here before we talk about them let's talk more about Italian wines and what's happening these days.

Here in the united -- there's been is huge push with California ones.

Italian wines are ADT feel like it's it still is probably in the United States in the where.

I'm most youth well we set it up and you over an open ended and about America's stigma and most importantly -- market since they live it's the biggest one market in the world that kids so did -- -- -- California and American.

Winds are very very important because the -- once and every country.

Who have producing countries are important but that it's believed that and winds of -- so successful.

As well I think we have stated that big knives through its hopeful.

I thinks it's I think you know at least my generation still a lot like the young ones coming up the ranks -- looking for some.

-- ugly stuff.

Where we fit in here.

Well this is very classic lines and so we're talking about -- -- and I don't know wonderful schools that local Rivera I thought and you know regionals are very popular.

-- and in great Britain and America and free -- is.

The most important to the arrangement for the -- that's why you I think I think -- I didn't at least think.

When it's tradition is -- tradition to drink.

-- big headlines in the -- that not that famous for export markets affects me.

And we are doing that's so.

The issue it lets you properties so please -- but this is what you went through this -- -- this distorted the name of the prompted -- -- the -- And and that's -- he went back to he started.

Yes I -- out of Texas and then I have wonderful experience depth and went to board to a study -- and and my -- is.

Is it probably did this soil or my experience and -- national wind comes from France from -- And that's way and I had decided to to transfer of this dispute installment property and it to -- And that's why what about growing.

Good important front line in the -- -- -- -- -- Which is -- it's work so there.

You it would Weingarten.

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Just -- -- out.

And said the -- -- that's going on we've restored to place it was what clicked everything -- -- -- an entity but now it says open and it's a wonderful place before.

Open aside aside from -- -- and and also -- proposed -- and you are saying Christians come in August -- -- and I noticed the menu is really very different as well not just kind.

Yeah when that we it's a mix up if it's a mix up but we tried to have mobile street guys who mostly the you know -- -- who meanness she uses it.

And it makes Euro -- -- nation and it's about the commitment of all you clients.

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From other places -- dean.

Picking up.

-- my wise not distort but this is my.

Yeah when it's they have grown crew the crew of the -- the units that it that way -- we -- animals thing.

We have been doing -- long war for twenty -- Have children you.

I've been through if -- -- have three boys in your wife.

Actually has it closed up two and a glass exactly she's announced this issue doesn't have.

Beautiful it is the glasses and more on on and it should be doing that for a long time men and then kind of success -- I had this beautiful.

Third from last time I was there.

And it makes it an amendment and how do you go on -- -- -- talk about the W United States we don't even think it.

Other countries actually have to deal with the juggle it means that you Angela -- yes it's no wonder it's my life enjoy -- Very fortunate to be able to do on this -- -- to be able to live in Venice was a group -- city to.

Who work in my property improvement things and and I won and in a beautiful property and my family's old bad -- so it's kind of naturally easy with the boys.

Come -- -- -- I knew I try and put a moment that went -- might since I have -- my malveaux -- to -- studying and an American news and and and if that fifth and it converts the -- and -- -- -- who lives in London so for the moment that they have the chance to discover the world them.

And to be -- so it eventually do is convict them the parents.

Think that any great -- Yeah so tell us edit it -- -- talk about this.

So this is before school dated but this -- -- to -- as the local group from -- -- -- It's not they went -- and in the in the states and America but it's a wonderful wide very very very aromatic community.

Beautiful colors and it's different it's it's -- different flavor but this bit -- president in my this.

Number I suppose with its -- yeah of course -- is the name of the game.

And -- this is what you know -- It is not a weakness in -- but it is it's it that he know you -- the an expression no Volvo you know -- so it's concentrated very food -- and here a few seasons of rough -- How you're area affected but you know let's say the climate is changing all over the world that we consider mode -- it's war Mara and -- the advantages in the groups that you were a bit more and it's that.

But.

Yeah it's a bit of this but because is that you know they do it -- You can you can you can -- him away so it can be bidding war went on diamond country and and and so it you don't have this income no.

Normal patterns of weather -- used -- it's -- two years ago but.

You having any tobacco and agriculture.

As a once said to me that this is where the transformer comes in because you know -- -- farm land.

Regardless of how the -- you know went to pick them -- to let him grow we that background house.

Read that this that background all of all of all of being.

Doing this -- work for more than twenty years.

And the choice over I'm completely organic farming.

Sort of organic farming and -- because.

Him everything is easier to do it's more difficult because you -- chemicals and -- and more offensive book but they have things of that much -- yeah.

Who was -- the grapes.

Mature emotionally and them or.

That can support -- bit -- -- -- minutes that would let us messages that said that's I think I believe ultimately.

To be very.

Memo on on the on the upon an organic -- -- helping with the weather changes yeah I think Syria and that it's that simple.

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And enough of the -- -- a couple different states and in New York you can find where he's actually of them -- -- -- restaurants have not don't have names the moment but the you can.

You can.

I think I think a lot of people would love to try because -- we have typically we think -- timeline you think Tuscany.

You think maybe -- -- -- been coming up the ranks -- it's not often you hear that.

From -- yeah well yeah I'd say it's they live -- -- -- It's submitted its stated needs it to be no way a bit unknown but yes but stated since president than an October and that's why I'm glad you get when you -- -- -- go check some line for then northeast part of Italy.

Yeah.