Sutter Buttes vintner wins top wine award
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Reece Cordi exits the cellar with his dog Rosie at Cordi Winery Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 in Live Oak. The Cordi Winery Primitivo varietal won a gold medal in the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
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Sutter Buttes vintner wins top wine award.
Reece Cordi smiles like a kid who has a secret.
During the past three years, the former banker and farmer has transformed 15 acres of old almond orchards north of the Sutter Buttes into his own personal experiment in art, science and commerce.
In October, he oversaw the harvesting.
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