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Spittoon - wine drink and food.http://www.spittoon.biz [Spittoon - wine drink and food.] In 1974, CVNE established Contino, a separate estate with its own vineyards in Laserna to produce one of the first single vineyard, chateau bottled wines in Rioja. Contino makes only one wine, a reserva in good vintages and a crianza in lesser ones.

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