Gemello Wine & The NBA

👋 Hello, I’m Kevin Ferguson and welcome to 🍷 Rain on the Monte Bello Ridge,🍷 a memoir about health, aging and winemaking. (Book summary in 50 words)

Behind the scenes of the book: Here’s another fascinating tidbit about the legacy of Gemello Winery (1934-1982). Forty years after Mario Gemello retired from the wine business, his wines continue to gain recognition among wine collectors.

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Wine Collectors Know Gemello

Legendary NBA Coach Gregg Popovich is a serious wine collector, so much that he had to build a separate wine cellar next to his home to accommodate his 3,000 bottles. And a bottle of Gemello is one of the wines that helped him fall in love with wine, according to ESPN writer Baxter Holmes. He learned of Popovich’s love for Gemello when researching a series of articles, including, Michelin restaurants and fabulous wines: Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs' dynasty.

                                     Below is Baxter Holmes’s recent Instagram post.