In the fall of 2009 when Brenda and I visited Italy, one of our most memorable events was our tour of the Branko Winery near Capriva. We wanted to visit some of the other wineries near Noni's home and randomly picked Branko. Igor Branko was our host and he was impressed that his good friend, Ilvo Grion, was Brenda's first cousin. Igor's wine was outstanding and he gave us several bottles to bring home. He also told us that his wine was on the wine list in two U.S. restaurants - one in St. Louis and Quartinos in Chicago.
This past weekend, we were in Chicago for my work and our dinner on Thursday night was at Quartinos. So what wine did Brenda and I get to drink? Branko. Ah, Life is Good.
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