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Like many wine aficionados, José Manuel Ortega Gil-Fournier  wondered what it would be like to bottle his own varietal. To turn his dream into a reality, the Spanish-born investment banker left his successful career to start his own vineyard.

But this venture came with an innovative entrepreneurial twist. Launched in 2012, his O. Fournier Wine Partners program, based in a vineyard purchased by the O. Fournier label in Mendoza, Argentina’s Valle de Uco, allows other wine enthusiasts to indulge similar dreams of creating their own vintage.

The Wine Partners program sells...

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