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    Riccardo Cotarella

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    Portrait of Riccardo Cotarella

    Portrait of Riccardo Cotarella

    i. Biography

    Riccardo Cotarella is an Italian enologist and winemaker from Umbria who co-founded Azienda Vinicola Falesco in 1979 with his brother Renzo Cotarella; the estate was later branded Famiglia Cotarella and is now led by the next generation. He has also built a long consulting career advising wineries in Italy and abroad, and he has served as president of Assoenologi since 2013 and as president emeritus of the Union Internationale des Œnologues.

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