Iran: Memories of the Future
Stories of Iran
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Iran is one of the birthplaces of wine and has thousands of years of influence on the rest of the world, but it is currently illegal to make wine there. Today we talk to Persian winemaker Darioush Khaledi of Darioush winery in Napa about his history in Iran and what the future could look like.
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