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I think that, by comparison with $2,000 bottles of grand cru Burgundies, first-rate barolos, which sell for under $100, are undervalued ten-fold.
Joe Bastianich
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Joe Bastianich
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 17
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I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard.
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