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Coin Collector Seeks Vintage Gold
Laguna Beach Independent
Friday, March 21, 2008
Laguna Beach resident Steven L. Contursi, though best known for buying
rare coins, also collects wine.
Contursi's recent purchase moves him beyond collecting for his own
consumption to producing, acquiring the Little Creek estate vineyard in
Napa Valley from vintner Tony Soter.
The four-acre Little Creek vineyard in Napa's proposed Tulocay American
viticultural area produces only 10 to 12 barrels annually.
The vineyard puts out about 300 cases a year of wine made from the
grapes of cabernet franc blended with c.abernet sauvignon and malbec
under the Soter "Little Creek" label.
"Tony and Michelle Soter set the highest organic standards in producing
a cabernet franc of distinction.
We intend to continue their stewardship and make improvements where
possible," said Contursi, who hired Napa Valley winemaker Helen S.
Keplinger and vineyard manager Michael L. Wolf.
Numismatics and enology may not seem to have a lot in common, but Contursi
says his background in physics helps him focus on the small details that
can make a huge difference in rare coins as well as wine.
Contursi is president of
Rare Coin Wholesalers
of Dana Point. Among his
acquisitions are the first silver dollar struck by the U.S. Mint in 1794
and the first gold coin struck in the United States, the 1787-dated
Brasher Doubloon.
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