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Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019)

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Who knows – perhaps early humans got the idea of cutting and hanging meat by watching these shrikes at work in their arboreal abbatoirs? Like other members of this killer songbird family, the Red-backed Shrike ( Lanius collurio ) featured on the 2019 Chianti Classico from Castellare di Castellina is a known butcher.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Wolf Lichen is rich in toxic vulpinic acid and in the old days was boiled up with meat and used to poison wolves. Sprigs of Wolf Lichen spring from the Douglas firs, a gorgeous, almost iridescent lime green.

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