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More than 2,000 years after the Romans made the switch from terracotta amphora to wooden barrels for shipping and storing wine, the Italians are once again at the forefront of wine technology. In an “everything old is new again” twist on using oak as a primary vessel for fermentation and aging, two different Italian companies, Clayver and Tava, are…

