Grape rush puts squeeze on California
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TEMECULA, California  - California wine country in fall is picture-perfect as vines turn gold and orange and workers harvest plump grape bunches to crush for cabernets, chardonnays and pinot noirs.
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With the holiday season underway, many will be stocking up on their favorite libations. But if it&#39;s fine wine you fancy, choices may be more limited than you realize.
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HOSKOY, Turkey  - As harvest arrives, Cem Cetintas tends lovingly to his vines, hoping they yield wine popular with foreign palates to boost his exports in the face of a harsh climate in the Turkish market.
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On Dec. 7, wine became an issue in the halls of the US Supreme Court. Oral arguments were heard in two cases that challenge bans on interstate, direct-to-consumer wine shipments in Michigan and New York, meaning
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The winding lines of shipping  containers outside Casella Wines may mark the high-point of  Australia&#39;s A$3 billion wine export market as drought and  possible climate shift bite.
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So far, supermarket chains have pumped $2.8 million into their campaign for more licenses to sell wine, while package stores, liquor wholesalers, and beer distributors have raised $857,000 to defeat the plan at the polls in November.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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The California vintner's eponymous family may cede large portions of voting power.
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This week&#39;s Bowl Championship Series saga picks up where last week&#39;s left off. As you might recall, California needed Texas to beat Texas A&amp;M to keep its hopes of going to its first Rose Bowl in 45 years.
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Long Islandâs North Fork wineries are struggling to handle crowds who are looking more for a good time than a good wine.
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AUSTIN, Texas - Without playing a down on Friday, California might have seen its chances at a trip to the Rose Bowl improve. That, and the avoidance of a bigger Bowl Championship Series fiasco than it already
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If you haven&#39;t had your fill of bowl games yet, brace yourself. They&#39;re coming. Eight down and a ton to go, a host of Sacramento products figure to play roles in the remaining games with Paul Pinegar setting a lofty example.
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By Shelli Derobertis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Dec.
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THE ISSUE: Whether states should be able to bar people from buying wine directly from out-of-state suppliers, such as by phone or over the Internet.
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Small wine producers seek Supreme Court&#39;s help in allowing them to make direct shipments to wine-lovers in other states. VIRGINIA WINE makes a great holiday gift, but if the state&#39;s wineries send it to your
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California, the big prize in presidential politics, may be about to give up its eight-year quest for more clout in picking presidential nominees.
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STANFORD, California  - The more wine costs, the more people enjoy it, regardless of how it tastes, a study by California researchers has found.