Wine Atlas

Earlier this week, the Canadian TV and radio personality bounced around local tasting rooms and restaurants with Jason Priestley, former star of "Beverly Hills 90210." Priestley has acted in and directed a number of films since leaving the role of Brandon Walsh on "90210," and is now co-hosting with Mulligan a show called "Hollywood & Vines," a wine, food and lifestyle program produced in British Columbia.

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Terlato might not be a household name, but chances are most wine connoisseurs have tasted the result of this Chicago family’s more than 50-year commitment to developing an American market for premium wines.

Ranked as the 118th largest private company in Chicago by Crain’s Chicago Business, Lake Bluff-based Terlato Wine Group Ltd. has grown from a father-son operation into a wine powerhouse with 300 employees. The company grossed $200 million last year compared with $185 million in 2003 and $30 million in 1981.

The company oversees interests and ownerships in wineries and vineyards as well as it’s flagship company, Paterno Wines International Ltd.

Paterno is famous for making the astute decision 25 years ago to import Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, a brand that went on to become one of the most requested imported wines in restaurants.

Today, Paterno hopes to see the same success in an unlikely candidate: A Greek white wine called Boutari Moschofilero.

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Bordeaux - VinExpo, described as the largest gathering of wine and spirits buyers and sellers in the world, is this year also a showcase of the industry's response to a rapidly changing consumer market, reports Ahmed ElAmin in Bordeaux.

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