DEBBIE ZIMMERMAN/Special to Bullet News
Doug Funk, his son Doug Jr, and his brother Randy tend the family vineyards in the Niagara region.
Having grown up on a fruit farm, working in the vineyards with their grandfather and uncles, the Funk family knows that good wine starts with good quality grapes.
The Funks from Jordan, walk you through their Riesling vineyards on the brow of the escarpment, when the grapes are in mid bloom.
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The wine must be made from a minimum 60% Sangiovese, balanced by smaller portions of Montepulciano and the possibility of two white varieties, Trebbiano and Passerina. For the wine to have the added designation of superiore, it must have a potential alcohol level of 12% and have been aged for at least 12 months in wooden barrels.