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It is winemaking on a miniaturist scale. Compare that to the infamous story about one of Australia's huge wineries, where the double-width mechanical harvesters went through the vineyards with such indiscriminate disregard that when they went to press the grapes, one of the workers found a bicycle in the crusher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CUPANO","offers":[{"title":"DUTY PAID","offer_id":43286729916601,"sku":"ICUP03R1514","price":210.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/files\/BC_Upload_1ad85a3e-c3d6-4498-bfbe-2b9f0bab29d5.jpg?v=1778749922"},{"product_id":"os-paulistas-chao-dos-eremitas-antonio-macanita-2021","title":"Os Paulistas  Chao dos Eremitas Antonio Macanita 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 100% Tinta Carvalha, the only one monovarietal in Portugal. 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