Today’s Pick: Inmates craft wine on remote prison island
RJ Hamster
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Editors’ Picks • May 21, 2025
A robust zinfandel from Napa Valley, a bright sauvignon blanc from New Zealand — you know the usual suspects up a sommelier’s sleeve, but the next time you dine out, ask if a Gorgona Rosso Costa Toscana IGT is on the menu. The red blend is one of two wines produced with the help of inmates on a remote prison island off the coast of Italy. There, men at the Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony are paid to work in vineyards and take part in the wine-making process, developing skills many go on to use upon their release.
Ally Mauch
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Bottling Second Chances: Inmates Craft Fine Wine on a Remote Tuscan Prison Island
Off Italy’s western coast in the Tuscan archipelago, just 22 miles from the city of Livorno, lies the tiny, often-windswept island of Gorgona.
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