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• Farmers sue Calif over drought water decisions
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• Short Oregon Season Expected to Set Records
• Greek Wine Production Shows Significant Decrease
• Washington wine harvest could top 240,000 tons
• Calif: The Pirate Life of Winemakers During Harvest
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• Davies Family Winery wins appeal for major expansion, public events
• Liz Thach MW, defines the top vineyards of Napa and Sonoma in new book
• Fresno State library specialized in grape and wine industries renovated
• Cyrus Blooms Again in Alexander Valley
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• Water management requires regional collaboration
• Huge California Drought Meeting Planned
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• Why the Tesco story is part of a bigger UK retailing picture
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• The wine industry's mismarketing has much to answer for
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• Family-run Italian Wineries Launch Wine-ICons
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• See The "Drinks of Tomorrow" At Prowein 2015
• 2014 Wine Tourism Conference coming to Paso Robles
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• Vivino, Club W Use Tect To Help Wine Lovers Find Favorites
• Corkz Update Extends Global Reach of the Wine Information App
• Wine Tasting Network re-launches
• Where's the Mobile Ad Money Coming From Next Year?
• Launching New Wine Brand Without A Winery? *Sponsored Link*

• Q&A: Bill Maurer, payments and currency expert.
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• "I ate his liver with fava beans and a big Amarone"
• Big doesn’t equate to average; small doesn’t mean great
• How a bad appellation can make you a cult wine
• Champagne to reduce sulphur dioxide
• The key to modern Portugese Vinho Verde wines
• Modern wine-making levels the playing field
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TODAY'S FEATURED WINE

Bodegas Martin Codax: Tempranillo-Garnacha Blend: Calificada: : 2011: Spain

Godot fruit! I thought it was virtually impossible to screw up a Spanish Tempranillo-Garnacha blend. I was obviously wrong.

Somebody needs to select Safeway wine on the basis of something other than slotting fees.

$11.99 and worth exactly a 750-ml bottle filled with water and red dye #2.

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