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14 BRAVA MAGAZINE | FEBRUARY 2014 CONNECT IN HER SHOES ANGELA GARGANO YOGA AND WINE MAVEN BY EMILY LEAS Purple Wellies and a baseball cap aren't the typical uniform for Angela Gargano, OWNEROF#LISS'LOW:OGˬˬND8ELLNESS STUDIOIN.ˬDISON#UTˬSSHEDRIVESTO THELˬSTDˬYOFTHEWINEHˬRVESTˬT.ONTE Rosso Vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., they ˬRETHEOUTǠTOFˬDREˬMCOMETRUE (ˬRGˬNOSPENTTHELˬSTTWOHˬRVESTSEˬ- SONSIN4ONOMˬWORKINGHOURDˬYS and getting her hands dirty (literally). /OWSHEmSREˬDYTOSHˬREHEREXPERIENCES ˬNDKNOWLEDGEWITHˬLLOFUSTHROUGHHER NEW4ONOMˬBˬSEDVENTURE"NGELSˬND ŀIEVES$RˬFT8INES n8ORKINGTHEHˬRVESTHˬSBEENˬMˬZ- ing and not at all as glamorous as you might think," she says. 4URETHEREISWINETOBETESTEDˬND appreciated, but there are also grapes to be crushed and pressed, trucks to be un- LOˬDEDˬNDBˬRRELSTOBEǠLLEDWITHSTICKY DELICIOUSWINE n+USTSEEINGHOWMUCHWORKGOESINTO the production side makes you appreciate ˬGLˬSSOFWINEEVENMOREoSHESˬYS Gargano parlayed this appreciation ˬNDEDUCˬTIONINTO"NGELSˬNDŀIEVES THEONLINEWINEBOUTIQUESHEBEGˬNIN December. Continued on p. 16. PHOTOGRAPHED BY SARAH ROSE SMILEY