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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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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Flurries fell across the Sunshine State on Thursday, but it appeared that growers were spared the deep freeze they feared would devastate the nation's citrus supply. Meanwhile, California was preparing for a trio of storms expected to unleash heavy rain and snow through the weekend.
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Media & professional: Â· Shortage of labour threatens crisis for farmsÂ· Squeeze may put more imported fruit on shelves
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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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Supporters of interstate shipping of wine from producers to consumers see their cause as a contest between David and Goliath: mom-and-pop wineries and connoisseurs of the grape vs. powerful liquor wholesalers.
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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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TELAVI, Georgia -- In the shadow of the Caucasus Mountains, the grapes are heavy on the vines and ripe for harvesting. Zurab Ramazashvili, owner of the Telavi Wine Cellar, cradles a bunch in his hand, plucks a single grape and savors its bursting juices.
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PARIS -- Grape vines in the Champagne region are sagging this year with an abundance of fruit. But this won't mean increased supply -- or cheaper bottles of bubbly for consumers.
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Dry southern California produced parched sales this winter.
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The hunt for red wines is being helped by Sam Neill.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Although it was more competitive than most of their other trips to the West Coast in recent years, the result was the same.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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There have been times this season when Southern California has been labeled sluggish and unimpressive.
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California, the top U.S. food producing state, has sent its first official agricultural trade mission to communist Cuba, looking to tap a potential $180 million food market.
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Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week in the nation's most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar.