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[Avenue Vine] Gibelin, a bear of a man, is one. His family has been making wine for generations, but the heraldic emblem embroidered on the breast pocket of his scarlet shirt belies a more pedestrian past: His grandfather and great-grandfather made table wine, much of it supplied to the army for soldiers, from poorer vineyards nearby.

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